The impact and process of a community-led intervention on reducing environmental inequalities related to physical activity and healthy eating - a pilot study
@inproceedings{Davey2011TheIA, title={The impact and process of a community-led intervention on reducing environmental inequalities related to physical activity and healthy eating - a pilot study}, author={Rachel Davey and Gemma Hurst and Graham R. Smith and Sarah Grogan and Judy Kurth}, booktitle={BMC public health}, year={2011} }
BackgroundThere is growing recognition that a sedentary lifestyle is being driven, at least in part, by environmental factors that affect individuals' physical activity choices and health behaviours. In other words, the environments in which we live, and with which we interact, have become ones that encourage lifestyle choices that decrease physical activity and encourage over-consumption of foods. However, evidence from community-led interventions to change local neighbourhood environments to… CONTINUE READING
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