selected publications

• academic article

  • Built Environment and Childhood Weight Status: A Multi-Level Study Using Population-Based Data in the City of Hannover, Germany.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.  17:2694-2694. 2020
  • A longitudinal study of urban moveability and physical activity in the transition phase from childhood to adolescence.  Revue D Epidemiologie Et De Sante Publique.  2018
  • Assessing opportunities for physical activity in the built environment of children: interrelation between kernel density and neighborhood scale.  International Journal of Health Geographics.  14. 2015
  • Anonymisation of address coordinates for microlevel analyses of the built environment: a simulation study.  BMJ Open.  5:e006481-e006481. 2015
  • Objective Measures of the Built Environment and Physical Activity in Children: From Walkability to Moveability.  Journal of Urban Health-bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine.  92:24-38. 2014
  • Development and application of a moveability index to quantify possibilities for physical activity in the built environment of children.  Health & Place.  17:1191-1201. 2011

• blog posting

  • A multi-level analysis of the association between built environmental factors and childhood overweight in the city of Hannover, Germany.  Research Square (Research Square). 2020