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Obesity relationships with community design, physical activity, and time spent in cars

Background: Obesity is a major health problem in the United States and around the world. To date, relationships between obesity and aspects of the built environment have not been evaluated empirically at the individual level.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between the built environment around each participant's place of residence and self-reported travel patterns (walking and time in a car), body mass index (BMI), and obesity for specific gender and ethnicity classifications.

Uitgever(s): Elsevier,

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Lawrence Frank
Martin Andresen
Thomas Schmid

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