… Author links open overlay panel Alanna Weisman MD a b c , Ghazal S. Fazli MPH b c d , …
The aging of the world’s population and substantial increases in obesity have contributed to the …

Importance Rates of obesity and diabetes have increased substantially in recent decades;
however, the potential role of the built environment in mitigating these trends is unclear. …

Background People with comorbid mental and physical illness (PI) experience worse health,
inadequate care and increased mortality relative to those without mental illness (MI). The …

OBJECTIVE Car dependency contributes to physical inactivity and, consequently, may
increase the likelihood of diabetes. We investigated whether neighborhoods that are highly …

Background Car driving is a form of passive transport that is associated with an increase in
physical inactivity, obesity, air pollution and noise. Built environment characteristics may …

Background People living in highly walkable neighbourhoods tend to be more physically
active and less likely to be obese. Whether walkable urban design reduces the future risk of …

Background Prediabetes appears to be increasing worldwide. This study examined the
incidence of prediabetes among immigrants to Canada of different ethnic origins and the age at …

Background In recent years, obesity-related diseases have been on the rise globally resulting
in major challenges for health systems and society as a whole. Emerging research in …

Objective The aim of this study was to compare absolute and relative rates of conversion
from prediabetes to diabetes among non-European immigrants to Europeans and Canadian-…

Introduction We examined whether adults living in highly walkable areas are less likely to
develop pre-diabetes and if so, whether this association is consistent according to immigration …