Exploring the relationship between local food environments and obesity in UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Obesity is a global pandemic that affects all socioeconomic strata, however, the highest figures have been observed in the most disadvantaged social groups. Evidence from the USA and Canada showed that specific urban settings encourage obesogenic behaviour in the population living and/or working there. We aim to examine the evidence on the association between local food environments and obesity in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Methods

Six databases from 1990 to 2017 will be searched: MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), Scopus, The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) and Web of Science. Grey literature will also be sought by searching Opengrey Europe, The Grey Literature R

SUBMITTER: Fuentes Pacheco A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855298 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature