Obesogenic Environments: Complexities, Perceptions and Objective Measures

Eds.: Lake, Amelia; Townshend, Tim G.; Alvanides, Seraphim

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The obesogenic environment describes the sum of influences that our surroundings, opportunities or conditions of life have on promoting obesity in individuals or populations. In a world where obesity has now reached epidemic proportions, a thorough understanding of the underlying causes of the problem is essential if public health initiatives and government policies are to successfully address the issue.

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In a world where obesity has now reached epidemic proportions, a thorough understanding of the underlying causes of the problem is essential if society, public health initiatives and government policies are to successfully address the issue. The obesogenic environment describes all the possible influences that our environment presents which encourage overweight and obesity in individuals and populations.
Beginning with an overarching introduction to obesity and its implications for health and wellbeing, the book will move on to consider such crucial areas as eating behaviours and food environments, physical activity and the environment, the urban environment, methods, policy and future research directions.

Brings together expertise from across a range of disciplines
Written by a truly multidisciplinary team of international authors
Presents some of the most innovative thinking in the battle against obesity
This groundbreaking book brings together for the first time the knowledge of experts with backgrounds in nutrition and dietetics, policy, epidemiology, environmental sciences, medical sciences, town planning and urban design, transport, geography and physical activity in order to offer a multidisciplinary approach to public health, suggesting new and exciting ways to shape our environment to better support healthful decisions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 173mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781405182638
• ISBN-10: 1405182636
• Artikelnr.: 28070213

Autorenporträt

Amelia A Lake RD RPHNUTR PhD, University of Newcastle, UK Tim Townshend BA MA MRTPI, University of Newcastle, UK Seraphim Alvanides MA PhD FRGS, University of Newcastle, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors. About the editors. Dedication. Acknowledgements. 1. An
international perspective on obesity and obesogenic environments (WPT
James, R Leach & N Rigby). 1.1 Introduction: the emergence of obesity. 1.2
The magnitude of the problem. 1.3 The basis for the current underestimated
burden of obesity. 1.4 Individual susceptibility to weight gain and the
persistence of obesity. 1.5 The environmental basis for the obesity
epidemic. 2. Towards transdisciplinary approaches to tackle obesity (Tim G
Townshend, Louisa Ells, Seraphim Alvanides, Amelia A Lake). 2.1 The focus
on interdisciplinary research. 2.2 Defining modes of interdisciplinarity.
2.3 The complexity of obesity. 2.4 The challenge of interdisciplinary
understanding. 2.5 Interdisciplinary policy and practice. 2.6 Discussion.
3. Walkabilility, Neighbourhood Design, and Obesity (Jennifer
Robertson-Wilson and Billie Giles-Corti). 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 What is
walkability? 3.3 Measuring walkability. 3.4 Linking neighbourhood design
aspects of walkability to obesity. 3.4.1 Walkability and obesity. 3.5
Breaking down walkability. 3.6 Urban sprawl, geographic location and
obesity. 3.7 Other design features and obesity. 3.8 Neighbourhood design as
a moderator. 3.9 Summary of findings and future directions in research on
the impact of neighbourhood design and/or walkability and obesity? 3.10
Summary. 4. Availability and accessibility in physical activity
environments (Andy Jones & Jenna Panter). 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 The concept
of availability and accessibility. 4.3 Perceived and objective measures of
the physical activity environment. 4.4 Comparing perceived and objective
measures. 4.5 Relationships with utilisation. 4.6 Equity of access and
facility provision. 4.7 Conclusions. 5. Defining and mapping obesogenic
environments for children (Kim L. Edwards). 5.1 Children's obesogenic
environments. 5.2 Advantages of mapping obesogenic environments in
children. 5.3 How to map obesogenic environments - data representation. 5.4
Problems with spatial data. 5.5 Spatial analysis techniques. 5.6
Conclusion. 5.7 Acknowledgements 6. Objective measurement of children's
physical activity in the environment :UK perspective (Ashley Cooper & Angie
Page). 6.1 UK policy and research context. 6.2 A brief review of current
studies in the United Kingdom. 6.3 Objective measurement in physical
activity research. 6.4 Conclusion. 7. Physical activity and environments
which promote active living in Youth (US) (H. Mollie Greves Grow, Brian E.
Saelens). 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Case examples. 7.3 School and child care.
7.4 Community settings (home/neighbourhood). 7.5 Conclusions and future
research. 8. Active travel (Roger Mackett). 8.1 The potential for active
travel. 8.2 Trends in active travel. 8.3 Barriers to active travel. 8.4
Overcoming the barriers to active travel. 8.5 Policies and measures to
increase the volume of active travel. 8.6 The effectiveness of policies and
measures to increase the volume of active travel. 8.7 Conclusions. 9.
Greenspace, obesity and health: evidence and issues (Caroline Brown). 9.1
Introduction. 9.2 Green space, health and obesity. 9.3 Green space, obesity
and food. 9.4 Green space and physical activity. 9.5 Green space and
children's health. 9.6 Green space provision and policy. 9.7 Conclusions.
10. Eating behaviours and the food environments (K Ball, D Crawford, A
Timperio, J Salmon). 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Which eating behaviours
influence obesity risk? 10.3 What do we know about the influence of the
food environment on eating behaviours? 10.4 Adults. 10.5 Children and
adolescents. 10.6 Summary of evidence. 10.7 How should we interpret
existing evidence? 10.8 Defining the neighbourhood environment. 10.9
Conclusions and future research directions. 11. Food policy and food
governance - changing behaviours ( A Lake & J L Midgley). 11.1
Introduction. 11.2 Dietary guidelines and recommendations with reference to
obesity prevention. 11.3 Individual versus the environment. 11.4 Food
policy. 11.5 Food provision and food access. 11.6 Future for food policy.
12. Neighbourhood histories and health: social deprivation and food
retailing in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1966 to 2005 ( Jamie Pearce & Peter
Day). 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 Results. 12.3 Discussion. 12.4 Conclusion.
12.5 Acknowledgement. 13. Environmental correlates of nutrition and
physical activity: moving beyond the promise (FJ van Lenthe and J Brug).
13.1 Introduction. 13.2 Environmental correlates of physical activity and
diet: underlying reasons for promising findings. 13.3 Environmental
correlates of physical activity. 13.4 Environmental correlates of diet.
13.5 Moving beyond the promise: a research agenda. 13.6 Concluding remark.
14. Obesogenic environments: challenges and opportunities (Seraphim
Alvanides, Tim G Townshend, Amelia A Lake). 14.1 Introduction. 14.2
Complexities. 14.3 Perceptions. 14.4 Objective measures. 14.5 Future
directions. Index.