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Do Neighborhoods Matter? A Systematic Review of Modifiable Risk Factors for Obesity among Low Socio-Economic Status Black and Hispanic Children.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Neighborhood Safety and Hypertension Risk: A Systematic Review.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Pooled it
- Area-Level Factors of Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents in European Neighborhoods - a Systematic Review.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Two-Year Outcomes for the Active and Healthy Families Pediatric Obesity Group Intervention for Families in an Emerging Latinx Community: a Mixed Methods Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- A Review of the Public Health Literature Examining the Roles of Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity on Health Outcomes in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- Interplay of obesity and parasitic infection: current evidence of immunogenesis, tumorigenesis and leptin receptor involvement.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Review
- Offspring's exposome: a narrative review on the influence of early-life factors on childhood obesity risk.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Relationship between child opportunity index and body mass indexFrontiers in adolescent medicine · 2025Article
- The Association Between a Neighborhood Adverse Childhood Experiences Index and Body Mass Index Among New York City Youth.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2024Article
- Association between rs4994 variant in β3-Adrenergic receptor and obesity in Vietnamese preschool-age children, independent of eating behaviors.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Neighborhood selection by parent personality, depression, and coparent support: A two-study replication.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2024Article
- Continuous Glucose Monitor: Reclaiming Type 2 Diabetes Self-efficacy and Mitigating Disparities.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2024Article
- Unpacking Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Children's Health Research from an Environmental Justice Perspective: A Scoping Review.Current environmental health reports · 2024Article
- When Common Becomes Normal: Weaker Association Between Neighborhood Stress and Body Mass Index Among Black Adolescents Compared to White Adolescents.Global journal of cardiovascular diseases · 2024Article
- Multilevel prenatal socioeconomic predictors of Mexican American children's cardiometabolic health in preschool and school age.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Article
- Changes in the prevalence of obesity in Czech adolescents between 2018 and 2022 and its current non-genetic correlates - HBSC study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Social determinants of health of racial and ethnic minority adolescents: An integrative literature review.Heliyon · 2023Review
- The Impact of Greenspace, Walking, and Cycling on the Health of Urban Residents during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of London.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Impact of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status on Outcomes Following First-Stage Palliation of Single Ventricle Heart Disease.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Towards the multileveled and processual conceptualisation of racialised individuals in biomedical research.Synthese · 2023Article
- Neighbourhood socio-economic environment predicts adiposity and obesity risk in children under two.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood obesity increases the risk of obesity and harmful comorbidities later in life. It is influenced by characteristics of a child's neighborhood, particularly among underserved groups. Our objective was to systematically review the evidence relating neighborhood environment and obesity risk among urban, low socioeconomic status (SES) Black and Hispanic children.
methodsWe included studies published from 1993 through early 2017 from PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and Sociological Abstracts databases investigating relationships between empirically measured neighborhood characteristics and obesity risk factors in the populations of interest. Databases were last searched on May 8, 2018. Initial analysis took place during 2014 and was completed during 2017. We extracted data on study population, design, and associations between neighborhood characteristics and obesity risk factors.
resultsWe identified 2011 unique studies; 24 were included. Few studies demonstrated consistent patterns of association. Most neighborhood characteristics were not examined across multiple studies. BMI may be related to living in a lower-income neighborhood or convenience store access.
conclusionsThis review found that the body of evidence relating neighborhood exposures and obesity risk factors among urban, low SES Black (also commonly referred to in the literature as "non-Hispanic Black" or African American) and Hispanic children is limited. Given the high risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease among these populations throughout the life course, research on neighborhood determinants of obesity should specifically include these populations, ensuring adequate power and methodological rigor to detect differences.
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