Testing the behavioural and psychosocial mechanisms underlying geographic variation in metabolic syndrome

本研究旨在评估解释居民区特征与与心脏代谢疾病相关的代谢综合征（肥胖和高血压、血脂和血糖）之间联系的机制。贫困地区代谢综合征较多，但其原因尚未得到实证证实。我们将评估行为和心理社会机制，可能独立和共同解释地方和代谢综合征之间的联系。

This study seeks to assess the mechanisms that explain the link between residential area features and the metabolic syndrome (obesity and high blood pressure, lipids and glucose), related to cardiometabolic diseases. There is more metabolic syndrome in disadvantaged areas but the reasons for this have not been empirically established. We will evaluate behavioural and psychosocialmechanisms that might independently and jointly explain the association between place and metabolic syndrome.