The asthma and obesity epidemics: The role played by the built environment—a public health perspective
| Autor: | Rickie Brawer, James Plumb, Nancy Brisbon, Dalton G. Paxman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Health Knowledge
Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Financial Management business.industry Public health Financing Organized Immunology Perspective (graphical) Social Welfare medicine.disease Community Networks Obesity Asthma United States Financial management Lung disease Development economics Humans Immunology and Allergy Medicine business Built environment |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 115:1024-1028 |
| ISSN: | 0091-6749 |
| Popis: | Obesity and asthma have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The reasons for these epidemics are complex, and the solutions to address them are many. This article explores the epidemics, their causes and consequences, associations and relationships, an expansion of the definition of the environment, and current national initiatives that address the components of the built and social environments that promote obesity and precipitate asthma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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