title: Using remote sensing to define environmental characteristics related to physical activity and dietary behaviours: a systematic review (the SPOTLIGHT project).
abstract: We performed a systematic literature review on the use of free geospatial services as potential tools to assess built environmental characteristics related to dietary behaviour and physical activity. We included 13 studies, all published since 2010 and conducted in urban contexts, with Google Earth and Google Street View as the two main free geospatial services used. The agreement between virtual and field audit was higher for items related to objectively verifiable measures (e.g. presence of infrastructure and equipment) and lower for subjectively assessed items (e.g. aesthetics, street atmosphere, etc.). Free geospatial services appear as promising alternatives to field audit for assessment of objective dimensions of the built environment.
authors.affiliation: UREN (Nutritional Epidemiology Research Unit), Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Inserm (U557), Inra (U1125), Cnam, F-93017 Bobigny, France; Paris Est University, Lab-Urba Urban Institute of Paris, UPEC, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Charreire
authors.affiliation: The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mackenbach
authors.affiliation: UREN (Nutritional Epidemiology Research Unit), Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Inserm (U557), Inra (U1125), Cnam, F-93017 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ouasti
authors.affiliation: The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lakerveld
authors.affiliation: Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Compernolle
authors.affiliation: UREN (Nutritional Epidemiology Research Unit), Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Inserm (U557), Inra (U1125), Cnam, F-93017 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben-Rebah
authors.affiliation: European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McKee
authors.affiliation: The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brug
authors.affiliation: European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rutter
authors.affiliation: UREN (Nutritional Epidemiology Research Unit), Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Inserm (U557), Inra (U1125), Cnam, F-93017 Bobigny, France; Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6 University, Department of Nutrition Pitié-Salpetrière (AP-HP), Paris, France. Electronic address: jean-michel.oppert@psl.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Oppert
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology*; D004779:Environment Design; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology; D012111:Residence Characteristics
keywords: Dietary behavior; Environment; Free geospatial services; Physical activity; Remote sensing