Urban built environments: interventions for reducing cardiometabolic risks

Chinmoy Sarkar^{1

2

3}, Ka Yan Lai^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Healthy High Density Cities Lab, HKUrbanLab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. csarkar@hku.hk.
² Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. csarkar@hku.hk.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. csarkar@hku.hk.
⁴ Healthy High Density Cities Lab, HKUrbanLab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁵ Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

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Chinmoy Sarkar et al. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;19(6):315-316.

doi: 10.1038/s41574-023-00827-2.

Chinmoy Sarkar^{1

2

3}, Ka Yan Lai^{4

5}

¹ Healthy High Density Cities Lab, HKUrbanLab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. csarkar@hku.hk.
² Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. csarkar@hku.hk.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. csarkar@hku.hk.
⁴ Healthy High Density Cities Lab, HKUrbanLab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁵ Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

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The urban built environment and adult BMI, obesity, and diabetes in Latin American cities.
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