The Associations Between Urban Form and Major Non-communicable Diseases: a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: In the current century, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases, are the most important cause of mortality all over the world. Given the effect of the built environment on people's health, the present study seeks to conduct a systematic review in order to investigate the relationship between urban form and these four major NCDs as well as their main risk factors. Two independent reviewers in November 2020 after an extensive search through PubMed and Scopus identified 77 studies. Studies published in English were included if they addressed one or more attributes of urban form in relation to any major NCDs and their main risk factors. Publication date, country, geographical scale, study design, methods of buil

SUBMITTER: Fazeli Dehkordi ZS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9561495 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature