ArticleSSM - population health2018
Urban green space and obesity in older adults: Evidence from Ireland.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The Influence of Green Space on Obesity in China: A Systematic Review.Obesity facts · 2022Pooled it
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- Are area-level socioeconomic inequalities in obesity moderated by neighbourhood greenery?BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association of Public Sports Space Perception with Health-Related Quality of Life in Middle-Aged and Older Adults-Evidence from a Survey in Shandong, China.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparison of static and dynamic exposures to air pollution, noise, and greenness among seniors living in compact-city environments.International journal of health geographics · 2023Article
- Effect of built environment on BMI of older adults in regions of different socio-economic statuses.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Relationship between the Duration of Urban Nature and a Lower Waist-Hip Ratio.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Types and spatial contexts of neighborhood greenery matter in associations with weight status in women across 28 U.S. communities.Environmental research · 2021Article
- Associations between Nature Exposure and Health: A Review of the Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- A cross-sectional study of the impact of school neighbourhood on children obesity and body composition.European journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Factors Affecting Canine Obesity Seem to Be Independent of the Economic Status of the Country-A Survey on Hungarian Companion Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Characterising urban green space density and footpath-accessibility in models of BMI.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Demographic Inequities in Health Outcomes and Air Pollution Exposure in the Atlanta Area and its Relationship to Urban Infrastructure.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2019Article
- Associations between Body Mass Index and Urban "Green" Streetscape in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
We examine the association between living in an urban area with more or less green space and the probability of being obese. This work involves the creation of a new dataset which combines geo-coded data at the individual level from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing with green space data from the European Urban Atlas 2012. We find evidence suggestive of a u-shaped relationship between green space in urban areas and obesity; those living in areas with the lowest and highest shares of green space within a 1.6 km buffer zone have a higher probability of being classified as obese (BMI [Formula: see text]). The unexpected result that persons in areas with both the lowest and highest shares of green space have a higher probability of being obese than those in areas with intermediate shares, suggests that other characteristics of urban areas may be mediating this relationship.
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