Geographies of Obesity

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Contents: Foreword Part I Introduction: Introduction: bringing a geographical perspective to understanding the 'obesity epidemic', Jamie Pearce and Karen Witten The emerging obesity epidemic: an introduction, Barry M. Popkin Contextual determinants of obesity: an overview, Daniel Kim and Ichiro Kawachi. Part II Food Environment and Obesity (Energy In): Changing food environment and obesity: an overview, Janet Hoek and Rachel McLean Understanding the local food environment and obesity, Lukar E. Thornton and Anne M. Kavanagh Childhood obesity and the food environment, Mat Walton and Louise Signal. Part III Physical Activity, Environment and Obesity (Energy Out): The role of the changing built environment in shaping our shape, Billie Giles-Corti, Jennifer Robertson-Wilson, Lisa Wood and Ryan Falconer Understanding the local physical activity environment and obesity, Gavin Turrell Childhood obesity, physical activity, and the physical environment, Melody Oliver and Grant Schofield. Part IV Obesogenic Environments and Policy Responses: Policy responses and obesogenic food environments, Katrina Giskes Policy responses and the physical environment, MylAne Riva and Sarah Curtis. Part V Future Research Challenges: Residential environments and obesity a " estimating causal effects, Graham Moon Measuring obesogenic environments a " representing place in studies of obesity, Dianna Smith, Kim Edwards, Graham Clarke and Kirk Harland Recourse to discourse: talk and text as avenues to understand environments of obesity, Robin Kearns. Part VI Conclusions: Conclusions: common themes and emerging questions, Jamie Pearce and Karen Witten Index.