ArticleHealth & place2009
Regional differences in walking frequency and BMI: what role does the built environment play for Blacks and Whites?
Article in Health & place, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Obesogenic environments: a systematic review of the association between the physical environment and adult weight status, the SPOTLIGHT project.BMC public health · 2014Pooled it
- Objectively measured walkability and active transport and weight-related outcomes in adults: a systematic review.International journal of public health · 2013Pooled it
- The association between neighborhood conditions and weight loss among older adults living in a large urban city.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Trial
- Neighborhood influences on girls' obesity risk across the transition to adolescence.Pediatrics · 2014Trial
- Effect of built environment on BMI of older adults in regions of different socio-economic statuses.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Household income, active travel, and their interacting impact on body mass index in a sample of urban Canadians: a Bayesian spatial analysis.International journal of health geographics · 2019Observational
- Characterizing the neighborhood obesogenic environment in the Multiethnic Cohort: a multi-level infrastructure for cancer health disparities research.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2018Article
- Neighborhood Characteristics are Associated with Racial and Gender Variation in Walking among Older Adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study.Ethnicity & disease · 2016Article
- Urban Neighborhood Features and Longitudinal Weight Development in Girls.American journal of preventive medicine · 2015Article
- Positive Action for Today's Health (PATH): Sex differences in walking and perceptions of the physical and social environment.Environment and behavior · 2014Article
- Built environment and change in body mass index in older women.Health & place · 2013Article
- The association between neighborhood greenness and weight status: an observational study in Perth Western Australia.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2013Article
- Urban sprawl, physical activity, and body mass index: Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II.American journal of public health · 2013Article
- Feasibility of using global positioning systems (GPS) with diverse urban adults: before and after data on perceived acceptability, barriers, and ease of use.Journal of physical activity & health · 2012Article
- Effect of street connectivity on incidence of lower-body functional limitations among middle-aged African Americans.Annals of epidemiology · 2012Article
- Racial differences in the built environment--body mass index relationship? A geospatial analysis of adolescents in urban neighborhoods.International journal of health geographics · 2012Article
- Association of walkability with obesity in Baltimore City, Maryland.American journal of public health · 2011Article
- Do enhancements to the urban built environment improve physical activity levels among socially disadvantaged populations?International journal for equity in health · 2011Article
- Associations between street connectivity and active transportation.International journal of health geographics · 2010Article
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Abstract
Studies have found that urban sprawl explains many regional differences in BMI and walking behavior. Yet, African Americans, who often live in dense, urban neighborhoods with exemplar street connectivity, suffer disproportionately from obesity. This study analyzed walking and BMI among 1124 Whites and 691 Blacks in Los Angeles County and southern Louisiana in relation to neighborhood safety, street connectivity, and walking destinations. While the built environment partly explains regional differences in walking and BMI among Whites, the magnitude of effect was modest. There were no regional differences in outcomes for African Americans; individual rather than neighborhood characteristics served as the best predictors.
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