Journal article
A Direct Assessment of “Obesogenic” Built Environments: Challenges and Recommendations
Abstract
This paper outlines the challenges faced during direct built environment (BE) assessments of 42 Canadian communities of various income and urbanization levels. In addition, we recommend options for overcoming such challenges during BE community assessments. Direct BE assessments were performed utilizing two distinct audit methods: (1) modified version of Irvine-Minnesota Inventory in which a paper version of an audit tool was used to assess BE …
Authors
Gasevic D; Vukmirovich I; Yusuf S; Teo K; Chow C; Dagenais G; Lear SA
Journal
Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Vol. 2011, No. 1,
Publisher
Hindawi
Publication Date
2011
DOI
10.1155/2011/161574
ISSN
1687-9805