ArticleAmerican journal of public health2015
Associations of Neighborhood and School Socioeconomic and Social Contexts With Body Mass Index Among Urban Preadolescent Students.
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School Wellness Policy: RCT to Implement & Evaluate Impact on Childhood Obesity
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled 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
- 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
- Review
- Associations of Longitudinal BMI-Percentile Classification Patterns in Early Childhood with Neighborhood-Level Social Determinants of Health.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2025Article
- 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
- Parent Perceptions of Changes in Child Physical Activity During COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Cross-classified multilevel models (CCMM) in health research: A systematic review of published empirical studies and recommendations for best practices.SSM - population health · 2020Review
- Built Environment and Childhood Weight Status: A Multi-Level Study Using Population-Based Data in the City of Hannover, Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 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
- The Relative Association of Collective Efficacy in School and Neighborhood Contexts With Adolescent Alcohol Use.Journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
- Model-based and design-based inference goals frame how to account for neighborhood clustering in studies of health in overlapping context types.SSM - population health · 2017Article
- Getting Under the Skin: Children's Health Disparities as Embodiment of Social Class.Population research and policy review · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined independent and synergistic effects of school and neighborhood environments on preadolescent body mass index (BMI) to determine why obesity rates nearly double during preadolescence.
methodsPhysical measures and health surveys from fifth and sixth graders in 12 randomly selected schools in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2009 were matched to student sociodemographics and school- and residential census tract-level data, for a total of 811 urban preadolescents. Key independent variables included school connectedness, neighborhood social ties, and school and neighborhood socioeconomic status. We estimated cross-classified random-effects hierarchical linear models to examine associations between key school and neighborhood characteristics with student BMI.
resultsGreater average connectedness felt by students to their school was significantly associated with lower BMI. This association was stronger among students living in neighborhoods with higher concentrations of affluent neighbors.
conclusionsHow schools engage and support students may affect obesity rates preferentially in higher-income neighborhoods. Further research should explore the associations between multiple environments to which children are exposed and obesity-related behaviors and outcomes. This understanding of the multiple social-spatial contexts that children occupy has potential to inform comprehensive and sustainable child obesity prevention efforts.
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