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The Built Environment, Food, and Physical Activity: Measurement Issues

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Description

Dr. Ann Forsyth, Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University, presents "The Built Environment, Food, and Physical Activity: Measurement Issues".

In this 41-minute audio-visual cyber-presentation, Dr. Forsyth explains how to think about built environment, food, and physical activity measures, including limitations in definitions and data quality.

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• Members have easy access to practical resources ( Tools for You ) and references (More Info) related to this topic. 
• Members who use the Discussion Forum have the ability to network with other professionals interested in this topic.

Objectives

After viewing the presentation, you should have:

• Background on the methods used to measure the built environment, food, and physical activity levels.
• Greater awareness of the limitations present in these methods, and knowledge of interesting new methods.
• Knowledge of examples in which various measurement methods have been used and how the results have been impacted by limitations of a particular measurement method.
  
  

Date Created: 5/1/09
Last Updated: 6/15/15
Keywords: urban planning, built environment, health research, research methodology