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People living in hilly residential areas in metropolitan Perth have less diabetes: Spurious association or important environmental determinant?
Villanueva, Karen Knuiman, Matthew Koohsari, Mohammad Javad Hickey, Sharyn Foster, Sarah Badland, Hannah Nathan, Andrea Grace Bull, Fiona Giles-Corti, Billie
Villanueva, Karen
Knuiman, Matthew
Koohsari, Mohammad Javad
Hickey, Sharyn
Foster, Sarah
Badland, Hannah
Nathan, Andrea Grace
Bull, Fiona
Giles-Corti, Billie
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
Date
2013
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Journal article
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International Journal of Health Geographics
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Volume
12
Issue
59
Page Range
1-11
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Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
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