do forests help to keep my body mass index low：（森林有助于我的身体质量指数低）.pdfVIP

Forest Policy and Economics 54 (2015) 11–17 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Forest Policy and Economics journal homepage: /locate/forpol Do forests help to keep my body mass index low? Fabio Boncinelli ⁎, Francesco Riccioli 1, Enrico Marone 2 Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi Agrari, Alimentari e Forestali, University of Florence, Piazzale delle Cascine, 18, 50144, Florence Italy a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Increasing importance has been placed on understanding how the environment in which people live can help Received 3 June 2014 anti-obesity behaviour and policy. This tendency represents a shift away from a model characterised by individ- Received in revised form 25 November 2014 ual responsibility in favour of one that focuses on so-called ‘obesogenic environments’. Although an extensive Accepted 18 February 2015 body of literature stresses the importance of urban design in helping to eradicate obesity, there is, nevertheless, Available online 5 March 2015 significant uncertainty in the science surrounding the relationship between body size and broad geographic Keywords: areas. In this paper, we therefore widen the perspective from urban area planning to land planning. Specifically, Forest we outline the incidence of forests helping to create an environment more favourable to outdoor physical activities, Recreational activity