ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2016
Why the Neighborhood Social Environment Is Critical in Obesity Prevention.
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- Association between snack intake behaviors of children and neighboring women: A population-based cross-sectional analysis with spatial regionalization.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Individually Perceived Parameters of Residential Infrastructure and Their Relationship with Cardiovascular Risk Factors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Associations of neighborhood social cohesion and changes in BMI-The Maastricht Study.European journal of public health · 2024Article
- Acculturating to multiculturalism: a new dimension of dietary acculturation among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Change in neighborhood socioeconomic status and childhood weight status and body composition from birth to adolescence.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Article
- Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Asian American Subgroups.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Associations between dimensions of the social environment and cardiometabolic risk factors: Systematic review and meta-analysis.SSM - population health · 2024Review
- Trends and key disparities of obesity among US adolescents: The NHANES from 2007 to 2020.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
The continuing obesity epidemic in the USA calls for the examination of antecedents to the well-known risk factors of physical activity and diet. The neighborhood built environment has been extensively studied in relation to obesity noting an increased risk of development and prevalence of obesity in relation to numerous built environment characteristics (lack of green spaces, higher number of fast food restaurants, low walkability indices). The neighborhood social environment, however, has been less extensively studied but is perhaps an equally important component of the neighborhood environment. The neighborhood social environment, particularly constructs of social capital, collective efficacy, and crime, is associated with obesity among both adults and children. Several studies have identified physical activity as a potential pathway of the neighborhood social environment and obesity association. Further work on social networks and norms and residential segregation, as well as the examination of dietary behaviors and mental health as potential mediating pathways, is necessary. Given the existing evidence, intervening on the neighborhood social environment may prove to be an effective target for the prevention on obesity. Intervention studies that promote healthy behaviors and prevent obesity while addressing aspects of the neighborhood social environment are necessary to better identify targets for obesity prevention.
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