ArticlePreventive medicine reports2016
Assessing mediation of behavioral and stress pathways in the association between neighborhood environments and obesity outcomes.
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- Neighborhood Access to the Built Environment and Allostatic Load: A Systematic Review of the Use of Geographic Information Systems.Public health reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Neighborhood Opportunity and Obesity in Early Adolescence: Differential Associations by Sex.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Article
- Examining the effects of cumulative environmental stressors on Gulf Coast child and adolescent health.Population and environment · 2023Article
- Association of Cumulative Viral Load With the Incidence of Hypertension and Diabetes in People With HIV.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2022Article
- Psychological and Biological Pathways Linking Perceived Neighborhood Characteristics and Body Mass Index.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2019Article
- Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN): Study Protocol with Participatory Planning for a Randomized, Comparative Effectiveness Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Body mass index and association with use of and distance from places for physical activity and active leisure among schoolchildren in Brazil. Cross-sectional study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicinaArticle
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Abstract
Although many studies have reported associations between characteristics of the neighborhood environment and obesity, little is understood about the pathways or mechanisms through which these associations operate. The purpose of this study was to examine possible behavioral and stress pathways hypothesized to mediate the association between neighborhood environments and obesity and whether pathways contribute to different obesity outcomes. Cross-sectional data were used from the 2012-2014 Women and Their Children's Health Study (WaTCH) in Louisiana (N = 909). Participants' neighborhoods, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) were objectively measured. The causal inference approach to mediation analysis was used to obtain indirect estimates for self-reported measures of physical activity, low access to food, and depression. The mean BMI was 32.0 kg/m(2) and the mean WC was 98.6 cm. The (adverse) neighborhood environment was significantly associated BMI (β = 0.17 kg/m(2); 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.03, 0.31) and WC (β = 0.64; 95% CI: 0.34, 0.95, after adjusting for covariates. Neither depression, physical activity, nor low food access mediated those associations. Further research that investigates and uses better measures of the behavioral and stress pathways through which the neighborhood environment influences obesity is warranted.
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