ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2015
Neighborhood Environment is Associated with Overweight and Obesity, Particularly in Older Residents: Results from Cross-Sectional Study in Dutch Municipality.
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- Green Space Exposure Association with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Physical Activity, and Obesity: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Greenspaces and Health: Scoping Review of studies in Europe.Public health reviews · 2024Article
- Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Obesity in the United States.Endocrine and metabolic science · 2023Article
- Association of social capital with obesity among older adults in China: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- The Effect of High-Density Built Environments on Elderly Individuals' Physical Health: A Cross-Sectional Study in Guangzhou, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association of Neighborhood Disadvantage in Childhood With DNA Methylation in Young Adulthood.JAMA network open · 2020Observational
- Longitudinal associations of neighborhood socioeconomic status with cardiovascular risk factors: A 46-year follow-up study.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2019Article
- Urban Green Space Is Spatially Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Occurrence in Women of Mashhad: a Spatial Analysis of Influential Factors on their Presence in Urban Green Spaces.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2019Article
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- Characterizing the neighborhood obesogenic environment in the Multiethnic Cohort: a multi-level infrastructure for cancer health disparities research.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2018Article
- The Relationship between Obesity and Urban Environment in Seoul.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Associations of Neighborhood Crime and Safety and With Changes in Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.American journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
We explored whether overweight and obesity were associated with the physical and social environment at neighborhood level. Data from Maastricht municipality survey (The Netherlands) were used (n = 9771 adults). Multinomial regression models were computed (outcome being normal weight, overweight, or obese). We found inconsistent associations between neighborhood social and physical environment characteristics and overweight and obesity in the total sample. The effects were more consistent and stronger for older residents (>65) and obesity as an outcome. Better scores on traffic nuisance, green space, social cohesion, nuisance, and safety were associated with lower odds of obesity among elderly (OR ranged between 0.71 [95% CI 0.44 to 0.93] to 0.85 [95% CI 0.74 to 0.96] for each point of improvement in neighborhood social and physical environment (scale 0-10)). We showed that there are neighborhood-level factors that are associated with obesity, particularly in elderly residents. These could be targeted in preventive strategies outside health care settings.
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