Governments must understand that the factors making cities convenient and productive also make their residents prone to obesity. They must confront this challenge with intelligent, focused policies.
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Senior Lecturer, Media Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor and Laboratory Head of Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor, Health Promotion Evaluation Unit, University of Western Australia
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Professor of Planning and Head, City Wellbeing Program, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Senior research associate, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Director, Risk Innovation Lab, Arizona State University
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Head, Behavioural Epidemiology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Director/Referral and Assessment Clinic, Centre for Child and Adolescent Related Disorders, University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Strathclyde University
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Senior lecturer in Physical Education, Liverpool John Moores University
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Lecturer in Prevention and Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow in Physical activity and workplace health, University of Sydney
