Land use planning and health and well-being

H Barton - Land use policy, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with the relationship between the planning of settlements and
health. It gives a brief introduction to the issues before summarising the evidence in relation …

[HTML][HTML] Length of stay and associated costs of obesity related hospital admissions in Ireland

A Vellinga, D O'Donovan, D De La Harpe - BMC Health Services …, 2008 - Springer
Background Obesity is the cause of other chronic diseases, psychological problems, obesity
shortens the lifespan and puts strain on health systems. The risk associated with childhood …

You can't walk or bike yourself out of the health effects of poverty: active school transport, child obesity, and blind spots in the public health literature

C Chaufan, J Yeh, L Ross, P Fox - Critical Public Health, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Mainstream public health theories of obesity attribute current, unprecedented numbers of
obese youth to changes in eating practices and levels of physical activity, in turn leading to …

Global obesity and the effect on women's health

NC Chescheir - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
The rates of obesity are increasing in all areas of the world. The pattern of diseases in many
areas of the world is shifting rapidly to diseases that are chronic and noncommunicable …

The European Charter on counteracting obesity

M Deitel - Obesity surgery, 2007 - search.proquest.com
The European Charter on Counteracting Obesity Page 1 © FD-Communications Inc.
Obesity Surgery, 17, 2007 143 Obesity Surgery, 17, 143-144 In the European region, the …

The weight of communication: The Canadian Medical Association Journal's discourse on obesity

AE Wisniewski - Public Understanding of Science, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
In this exploratory analysis, I use a Burkean dramatist approach to investigate the relatively
under-examined dynamics of how medical knowledge on obesity has changed outside of …

[PDF][PDF] Obesity in Saudi Arabia

N AlEnazi - Adv Obesity, Weight Manag Control, 2014 - researchgate.net
Over the last few decades, the world has been on an inexorable trend of rising belt sizes and
decreased physical activity. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia exemplifies this trend; it has one …

Maternal Bodies and Obesity: Rethinking Dominant Perspectives, Exploring A Path Less Travelled

EDM Abudulai - 2014 - dalspace.library.dal.ca
A perceived global obesity epidemic, accorded the imprimatur of the WHO, has led to a
moral panic and quest for causation fuelled by a dominant biomedical discourse that …

Fast Track Protocol in Bariatric Surgery

MM Moustafa, MH El-kasser… - Al-Azhar …, 2023 - aimj.researchcommons.org
Background: Overweight and obese are linked to a significant increase in the type2 DM,
Hypertension, Cardiovascular disease, NASH, Gallbladder diseases, sleep apnea …

Encouraging healthy eating behaviours through healthy eating environments. Case of Durham University

I VELINOVA - 2011 - etheses.dur.ac.uk
The aim of the study was to perform a formative research by exploring, describing and
evaluating at the same time on various factors that influence eating behaviours on campus …