Built environment for physical activity—An urban barometer, surveillance, and monitoring

Summary The Lancet Commission on Obesity (LCO), also known as the “syndemic commission,” states that radical changes are required to harness the common drivers of “obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.” Urban design, land use, and the built environment are few such drivers. Holding individual...

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Published in:Obesity reviews Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. e12938 - n/a
Main Authors: Devarajan, Raji, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Goenka, Shifalika
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Subjects:
Barometers
building construction
Built Environment
canopy
cities
City Planning - methods
Climate change
Construction
Drinking water
elderly
Environmental monitoring
Exercise
Geriatrics
Green infrastructure
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Land use
Malnutrition
monitoring
non‐communicable disease prevention
Obesity
Obesity - prevention & control
obesity‐prevention
Older people
Parks & recreation areas
pavements
Physical activity
Playgrounds
prioritization
Public Health
Public transportation
Ramps
Schools
Seats
social planning
Staircases
Surveillance
Sustainable development
trees
Undernutrition
Urban environments
Urban Health
Urban planning
Urban Population
World Health Organization
sustainable development
social planning
non-communicable disease prevention
obesity-prevention
ISSN:1467-7881, 1467-789X, 1467-789X
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Summary:Summary The Lancet Commission on Obesity (LCO), also known as the “syndemic commission,” states that radical changes are required to harness the common drivers of “obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.” Urban design, land use, and the built environment are few such drivers. Holding individuals responsible for obesity detracts from the obesogenic built environments. Pedestrian priority and dignity, wide pavements with tree canopies, water fountains with potable water, benches for the elderly at regular intervals, access to open‐green spaces within 0.5‐km radius and playgrounds in schools are required. Facilities for physical activity at worksite, prioritization of staircases and ramps in building construction, redistribution of land use, and access to quality, adequate capacity, comfortable, and well‐networked public transport, which are elderly and differently abled sensitive with universal design are some of the interventions that require urgent implementation and monitoring. An urban barometer consisting of valid relevant indicators aligned to the sustainable development goals (SDGs), UN‐Habitat‐3 and healthy cities, should be considered a basic human right and ought to be mounted for purposes of surveillance and monitoring. A “Framework Convention on Built Environment and Physical Activity” needs to be taken up by WHO and the UN for uptake and implementation by member countries.
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ISSN:1467-7881
1467-789X
1467-789X
DOI:10.1111/obr.12938