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Using geographic information systems (GIS) to assess the role of the built environment in influencing obesity : a glossary Thornton, Lukar E., Pearce, Jamie R. and Kavanagh, Anne M. 2011, Using geographic information systems (GIS) to assess the role of the built environment in influencing obesity : a glossary, The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, vol. 8, no. 71, pp. 1-9. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads thornton-usinggeographic-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 1.48MB 81 Title Using geographic information systems (GIS) to assess the role of the built environment in influencing obesity : a glossary Alternative title Review : Using geographic information systems (GIS) to assess the role of the built environment in influencing obesity : a glossary Author(s) Thornton, Lukar E. Pearce, Jamie R. Kavanagh, Anne M. Journal name The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Volume number 8 Issue number 71 Start page 1 End page 9 Total pages 9 Publisher BioMed Central Ltd Place of publication London, England Publication date 2011-07-01 ISSN 1479-5868 Keyword(s) geographic information systems obesity Summary Features of the built environment are increasingly being recognised as potentially important determinants of obesity. This has come about, in part, because of advances in methodological tools such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS has made the procurement of data related to the built environment easier and given researchers the flexibility to create a new generation of environmental exposure measures such as the travel time to the nearest supermarket or calculations of the amount of neighbourhood greenspace. Given the rapid advances in the availability of GIS data and the relative ease of use of GIS software, a glossary on the use of GIS to assess the built environment is timely. As a case study, we draw on aspects the food and physical activity environments as they might apply to obesity, to define key GIS terms related to data collection, concepts, and the measurement of environmental features. Notes Record note : This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Language eng Field of Research 111706 Epidemiology Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2011, Thornton et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30044447 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 18 Apr 2012, 11:55:13 EST Mon, 23 Apr 2012, 15:15:45 EST Mon, 23 Apr 2012, 15:20:07 EST Mon, 23 Apr 2012, 15:20:40 EST Mon, 17 Jun 2013, 17:39:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts: Cited 18 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 60 Abstract Views, 81 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 18 Apr 2012, 11:55:00 EST by Jane Moschetti

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