Obesogenic Environments

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.

In a world where obesity has now reached epidemic proportions, athorough understanding of the underlying causes of the problem isessential if society, public health initiatives and governmentpolicies are to successfully address the issue. The obesogenicenvironment describes all the possible influences that ourenvironment presents which encourage overweight and obesity inindividuals and populations.Beginning with an overarching introduction to obesity and itsimplications for health and wellbeing, the book will move on toconsider such crucial areas as eating behaviours and foodenvironments, physical activity and the environment, the urbanenvironment, methods, policy and future research directions.* Brings together expertise from across a range ofdisciplines* Written by a truly multidisciplinary team of internationalauthors* Presents some of the most innovative thinking in the battleagainst obesityThis groundbreaking book brings together for the first time theknowledge of experts with backgrounds in nutrition and dieteticspolicy, epidemiology, environmental sciences, medical sciencestown planning and urban design, transport, geography and physicalactivity in order to offer a multidisciplinary approach to publichealth, suggesting new and exciting ways to shape our environmentto better support healthful decisions.