The built environment and obesity in UK Biobank: right project, wrong data?

The built environment and obesity.

Obesity results from a complex interaction between diet, physical activity, and the environment. The built environment encompasses a range of physical and social elements that make up the structure of a community and may influence obesity. This review summarizes existing empirical research relating the built environment to obesity. The Medline, PsychInfo, and Web of Science databases were searc...

Gene–obesogenic environment interactions in the UK Biobank study

Background Previous studies have suggested that modern obesogenic environments accentuate the genetic risk of obesity. However, these studies have proven controversial as to which, if any, measures of the environment accentuate genetic susceptibility to high body mass index (BMI). Methods We used up to 120 000 adults from the UK Biobank study to test the hypothesis that high-risk obesogenic e...

Right or Wrong. Combining lexical resources in the EuroWordNet project

In the EuroWordNet-project we will construct wordnets from existing resources for Spanish, Dutch and Italian, similar to the Princeton WordNet1.5. Each of these wordnets will be developed as a separate language-internal system but each meaning will be linked to the closest meaning in WordNet1.5. In this way we hope to combine information from independently created resources, making the ultimate...

Obesity, Poverty, and the Built Environment: Challenges and Opportunities

Contributions of built environment to childhood obesity.

As childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions, it is critical to devise interventions that target the root causes of obesity and its risk factors. The two main components of childhood obesity are physical inactivity and improper nutrition, and it is becoming increasingly evident that the built environment can determine the level of exposure to these risk factors. Through a multidiscipli...