People living in hilly residential areas in metropolitan Perth have less diabetes: Spurious association or important environmental determinant?
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Villanueva, Karen, Knuiman, Matthew, Koohsari, Mohammad Javad, Hickey, Sharyn, Foster, Sarah, Badland, Hannah, Nathan, Andrea Grace, Bull, Fiona and Giles-Corti, Billie. (2013). People living in hilly residential areas in metropolitan Perth have less diabetes: Spurious association or important environmental determinant? International Journal of Health Geographics. 12(59), pp. 1 - 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-12-59
Authors | Villanueva, Karen, Knuiman, Matthew, Koohsari, Mohammad Javad, Hickey, Sharyn, Foster, Sarah, Badland, Hannah, Nathan, Andrea Grace, Bull, Fiona and Giles-Corti, Billie |
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Abstract | Background: Variations in ‘slope’ (how steep or flat the ground is) may be good for health. As walking up hills is a physiologically vigorous physical activity and can contribute to weight control, greater neighbourhood slopes may provide a protective barrier to weight gain, and help prevent Type 2 diabetes onset. We explored whether living in ‘hilly’ neighbourhoods was associated with diabetes prevalence among the Australian adult population. |
Keywords | Adults; Built environment; Diabetes; Hilly; Neighbourhood; Slope; Terrain; Walking |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | International Journal of Health Geographics |
Journal citation | 12 (59), pp. 1 - 11 |
Publisher | Biomed Central Ltd |
ISSN | 1476-072X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-12-59 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84890449259 |
Open access | Open access |
Page range | 1 - 11 |
Research Group | Institute for Health and Ageing |
Publisher's version | |
Additional information | © 2013 Villanueva et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the CreativeCommons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, andreproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedicationwaiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwisestated. |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/89310/people-living-in-hilly-residential-areas-in-metropolitan-perth-have-less-diabetes-spurious-association-or-important-environmental-determinant
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