Journal article
Built environment and cardio-metabolic health: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies
M Chandrabose, JN Rachele, L Gunn, A Kavanagh, N Owen, G Turrell, B Giles-Corti, T Sugiyama
Obesity Reviews | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12759
Abstract
Built environment attributes may be related to cardio-metabolic diseases (e.g. type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke) and their risk factors, potentially by influencing residents' physical activity. However, existing literature reviews on the built environment and health for the most part focus on obesity as the outcome and rely on cross-sectional studies. This systematic review synthesized current evidence on longitudinal relationships between built environment attributes and cardio-metabolic health outcomes among adults and on the potential mediating role of physical inactivity. By searching eight databases for peer-reviewed journal articles published in the English language between Ja..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
M.C., J.R. and L.G. are supported by a scholarship and fellowships (respectively) funded by the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Liveable Communities (#1061404) on which T.S., G.T., A.K. and B.G.C. are Chief Investigators; N.O. and B.G.C. are supported by NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowships (#1003960 and #1107672, respectively). We thank Professor Ester Cerin at Australian Catholic University for providing advice on the development of the quality assessment tool. We also thank Ms Kathryn Duncan, senior library coordinator at Australian Catholic University, for assisting us in the search of electronic databases.