¬¬Mapping Childhood Obesity a Overweight Patterns in Attica, Greece, A GIS-based approach

要旨

Childhood obesity is a major public health issue worldwide. Spatial investigational approaches focus on analyzing spatial patterns of obesity and investigating the association between childhood obesity and socioeconomic and environmental conditions. This study analyses the spatial distribution and potential clusters of childhood obesity in Attica prefecture (broader Athens metropolitan area), using a GIS-based approach. Our findings highlight high rates of obesity across study area, as well as spatial clustering of childhood obesity.