The perceived obesogenic environment survey in the Flemish municipal context – the CIVISANO project

Abstract Background The prevalence of obesity worldwide has been steadily increasing. This has generated an uptake in research determining the cause of obesity. One of the primary drivers that have been identified is the “obesogenic environment', which is an environment that contains features that increase excess weight in individuals or populations. Obesogenic environments are unevenly distributed with socio-economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods being more affected. Methods This survey is part of the CIVISANO (‘Community-based participatory research to tackle the disparities in health-enh... Mehr ...