Development of a neighborhood obesogenic built environment characteristics index for the Netherlands

Abstract Objective Environmental factors that drive obesity are often studied individually, whereas obesogenic environments are likely to consist of multiple factors from food and physical activity (PA) environments. This study aimed to compose and describe a comprehensive, theory‐based, expert‐informed index to quantify obesogenicity for all neighborhoods in the Netherlands. Methods The Obesogenic Built Environment CharacterisTics (OBCT) index consists of 17 components. The index was calculated as an average of componential scores across both food and PA environments and was scaled from 0 to... Mehr ...