Abstract
Obesity is linked to behaviors related to food consumption and physical activity. Although the factors affecting behaviors in these areas are complex, there is growing evidence that the physical characteristics of many of our communities, and particularly poorer communities, encourage obesity-generating behaviors including a sedentary lifestyle arid unhealthy eating habits. This paper explores the relationship between obesity causing behavior and the physical characteristics of communities and highlights some of the challenges and opportunities associated with changing those physical characteristics.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Recommended Citation
Wendy Collins Perdue, Obesity, Poverty, and the Built Environment: Challenges and Opportunities, 3 Georgetown J. Pov. L. & Policy 821 (2008)
Comments
Reprinted in Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader, 510-519 (Lawrence O. Gostin ed., rev. 2d ed. 2010)