Obesity/Fatness and the City

Critical Urban Geographies

Bibliographic Data

ID5697178
AuthorsBethan Evans (0000-0002-5566-3106, University of Liverpool, corresponding author), Lee Crookes (0000-0002-4679-9319, University of Sheffield), Jon Coaffee (0000-0001-5581-6507, University of Birmingham)
Year2012
Volume6
Issue2
Pages100-110
Publication date2012-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeography Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00469.x
OpenAlexW1880751413
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited43

There has been increasing emphasis on the built urban environment within anti-obesity policy in the UK and elsewhere in the global north as part of a shift away from a model of individual responsibility to focus on so-called 'obesogenic environments'. While recent policy has called for urban design and planning professionals to eradicate obesity there is, however, significant uncertainty in the science surrounding the relationship between body size, urban design and health and little definitive evidence about what works. In this paper, we therefore outline connections between critical geographies of obesity and urban geographies in order to question the ways in which obesity is framed and politicised in relation to the urban built environment

Built environment · Business · Civil engineering · Economic geography · Geography · Obesity · Political science · Sociology · Urban design · Urban planning · Urban space · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Engineering · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices