Table 1 International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) field site characteristics
WHO region / country | Human development index* | Gini Index (year)** | World bank classification*** | ISCOLE site location | Population size†| ISCOLE Site principal investigators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Europe | ||||||
Finland | 0.882 (Very High) | 26.9 (2000) | High Income | Helsinki, Espoo & Vantaa | 1,060,701 | Mikael Fogelholm |
United Kingdom | 0.863 (Very High) | 36.0 (1999) | High Income | Bath & North East Somerset | 177,700 | Martyn Standage |
Portugal | 0.809 (Very High) | 38.5 (1997) | High Income | Porto | 237,584 | José Maia |
Africa | ||||||
Kenya | 0.509 (Low) | 47.7 (2005) | Low Income | Nairobi | 3,138,369 | Vincent Onywera |
Mark Tremblay | ||||||
South Africa | 0.619 (Medium) | 63.1 (2009) | Upper-Middle Income | Cape Town | 3,497,097 | Estelle V. Lambert |
The Americas | ||||||
Canada | 0.908 (Very High) | 32.6 (2000) | High Income | Ottawa | 883,391 | Mark Tremblay |
Jean-Philippe Chaput | ||||||
United States | 0.910 (Very High) | 40.8 (2000) | High Income | Baton Rouge | 802,484 | Catrine Tudor-Locke |
Colombia | 0.710 (High) | 55.9 (2010) | Upper-Middle Income | Bogotá | 7,674,366 | Olga Sarmiento |
Brazil | 0.718 (High) | 54.7 (2009) | Upper-Middle Income | São Paulo | 19,889,559 | Victor Matsudo |
South-East Asia | ||||||
India | 0.547 (Medium) | 33.4 (2005) | Lower-Middle Income | Bangalore | 9,588,910 | Anura Kurpad |
Rebecca Kuriyan | ||||||
Western Pacific | ||||||
China | 0.687 (Medium) | 42.6 (2002) | Upper-Middle Income | Tianjin | 10,290,987 | Pei Zhao |
Gang Hu | ||||||
Australia | 0.929 (Very High) | 35.2 (1994) | High Income | Adelaide | 1,212,982 | Timothy Olds |
Carol Maher | ||||||