Health Place. 2011 Nov;17(6):1294-5. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.07.001. Epub 2011 Aug 10.
Several studies have reported a mismatch between objectively measured characteristics of the obesogenic environment and perceptions of individuals of these characteristics. A recent study found a decline in walking and an increase in BMI in individuals living in high-walkable neighbourhoods, who perceived the walkability of these neighbourhoods as low, and recommends interventions aimed at improving this mismatch. We express our concern about the emphasis given to interventions based on misperceptions of the environment. It is argued that still little is understood about the underlying reasons for misperceptions, that bias needs to be ruled out, and that interventions aimed at improving mismatched perceptions may only be of little additional value.
一些研究报告指出，肥胖环境的客观特征与个体对这些特征的感知之间存在不匹配。最近的一项研究发现，生活在高可步行性社区的个体的步行量下降，BMI 增加，而这些个体认为这些社区的可步行性较低，并建议采取干预措施来改善这种不匹配。我们对基于对环境的误解而进行干预的做法表示关注。有人认为，人们对误解背后的原因仍知之甚少，需要排除偏见，而且旨在改善不匹配感知的干预措施可能只有很少的额外价值。
