A GIS based approach to neighbourhood physical environment and walking among adults in Colombo municipal council area, Sri Lanka.

Background: Physical Activity (PA) promotes health and wellbeing and walking is one of the easiest and commonest way to incorporate activity into everyday life. This study examined the association between the objectively measured neighbourhood physical environment and walking among the adults in Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) area in Sri Lanka.

Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out and primary data collection carried out to assess walking, socio-demographic characteristics and geo location of residence.

Metabolic syndrome, but not non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, increases 10-year mortality: A prospective, community-cohort study.

Background: Data on outcomes of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) from South Asia are lacking. We compared mortality, among those with- and without-NAFLD, after 10-years follow-up among urban, adult Sri Lankans.

Method: Participants (aged 35-64 years), selected by age-stratified random sampling, were screened by structured-interview in 2007.