Qazi Hammad Ali
University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Health Sciences, Health and Rehab Sciences, London, Ontario, Canada. E-mail:
J Res Med Sci. 2011 Apr;16(4):553-8.
The childhood obesity has been a growing concern over the last decade all over the world. Built environmental characteristics such as parks and playgrounds serves as a reference point for physical activity in children. The equality issues related to ethnicity, Social Economic Status (SES), gender and social support have been related with both physical activity and presence and quality of parks and playgrounds. However, only limited studies have addressed these issues in children. The current paper is a general enumerative review that would discusses the above issues with respect to obesity in all age groups, giving particular emphasis to childhood obesity. The importance of this review is to further explore the importance and highlight the findings related to these issues, so that future original studies could be planned keeping these associations in mind.
在过去十年里，儿童肥胖问题在全球范围内日益受到关注。诸如公园和游乐场等建成环境特征是儿童身体活动的参照点。与种族、社会经济地位（SES）、性别及社会支持相关的平等问题，与身体活动以及公园和游乐场的存在及质量都有关联。然而，仅有有限的研究探讨了儿童中的这些问题。本文是一篇一般性列举综述，将讨论上述与各年龄组肥胖相关的问题，尤其着重于儿童肥胖。这篇综述的重要性在于进一步探究这些问题的重要性并突出相关研究结果，以便未来开展原创性研究时能考虑到这些关联。
