Data Collection Instruments for Obesogenic Environments in Adults: A Scoping Review

Alba Martínez-García, Eva María Trescastro-López, María Eugenia Galiana-Sánchez and Pamela Pereyra-Zamora
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Alba Martínez-García: Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science—University of Alicante. Campus de Sant Vicent del Raspeig. Ap. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Eva María Trescastro-López: Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science—University of Alicante. Campus de Sant Vicent del Raspeig. Ap. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
María Eugenia Galiana-Sánchez: Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science—University of Alicante. Campus de Sant Vicent del Raspeig. Ap. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Pamela Pereyra-Zamora: Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science—University of Alicante. Campus de Sant Vicent del Raspeig. Ap. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 8, 1-27

Abstract: The rise in obesity prevalence has increased research interest in the obesogenic environment and its influence on excess weight. The aim of the present study was to review and map data collection instruments for obesogenic environments in adults in order to provide an overview of the existing evidence and enable comparisons. Through the scoping review method, different databases and webpages were searched between January 1997 and May 2018. Instruments were included if they targeted adults. The documents were categorised as food environment or built environment. In terms of results, 92 instruments were found: 46 instruments measuring the food environment, 42 measuring the built environment, and 4 that characterised both environments. Numerous diverse instruments have been developed to characterise the obesogenic environment, and some of them have been developed based on existing ones; however, most of them have not been validated and there is very little similarity between them, hindering comparison of the results obtained. In addition, most of them were developed and used in the United States and were written in English. In conclusion, there is a need for a robust instrument, improving or combining existing ones, for use within and across countries, and more sophisticated study designs where the environment is contemplated in an interdisciplinary approach.

Keywords: environment; built environment; food environment; obesity; adult; surveys and questionnaires; measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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