ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2015
Urban Neighborhood Features and Longitudinal Weight Development in Girls.
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- Traffic-related environmental factors and childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review of neighbourhood economic context on child obesity and obesity-related behaviours.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- Influence of neighbourhood safety on childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017Pooled it
- Do Neighborhoods Matter? A Systematic Review of Modifiable Risk Factors for Obesity among Low Socio-Economic Status Black and Hispanic Children.Childhood obesity (Print)Pooled it
- Examining the Long-term Association Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Obesity and Obesity-related Unhealthy Behaviors Among Children: Results From the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Article
- The Longitudinal Effect of Area Socioeconomic Changes on Obesity: a Longitudinal Cohort Study in the USA from 2003 to 2017.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Article
- The role of negative emotional reactivity and neighborhood factors in predicting marijuana use during early adolescence.Journal of adolescence · 2020Article
- Living in High-SES Neighborhoods Is Protective against Obesity among Higher-Income Children but Not Low-Income Children: Results from the Healthy Communities Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
- Actual neighborhood-level crime predicts body mass index z-score changes in a multi-racial/ethnic sample of children.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Activity Levels for Four Years in a Cohort of Urban-Dwelling Adolescent Females.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2017Article
- Temporal Effects of Child and Adolescent Exposure to Neighborhood Disadvantage on Black/White Disparities in Young Adult Obesity.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionThe literature on environment and obesity is characterized by studies that are often cross-sectional and lack racial diversity. This study examined associations between neighborhood features and BMI development over 6 years in an urban sample of 2,295 girls (56% African American; mean age at baseline, 11.2 years) in 2004. Analyses were conducted in 2011-2015.
methodsGirls, caregivers, and study staff completed annual neighborhood questionnaires. Linear mixed-effects modeling examined annual changes in neighborhood features and BMI and assessed whether baseline neighborhood features modified BMI growth over time.
resultsAt baseline, 40% of participants were overweight/obese. Participants' neighborhoods had few neighborhood problems, moderate levels of safety issues and inconvenient features, low levels of neighborhood disorder, few cases of loitering youth, and substantial traffic volume. Adverse neighborhood features were more common for African American than white participants. Neighborhood features were relatively stable over the follow-up period. African American girls with helpful neighbors had lower annual BMI growth (-0.09 kg/m(2)) than others. For white girls, BMI increased more for girls with helpful neighbors (+0.09 kg/m(2) annually). Regardless of race, living in a U.S. Census tract with low levels of educational achievement was linked with higher BMI growth (an additional 0.07 kg/m(2) annually). Girls living in Census tracts with high (versus low) levels of poverty gained an additional 0.08 kg/m(2) gain annually.
conclusionsSocial environment features are associated with BMI change in white and African American urban girls and may be helpful for identifying girls at risk for early adolescent weight gain.
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