ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
The Relationships between Adolescents' Obesity and the Built Environment: Are They City Dependent?
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- The built environment as determinant of childhood obesity: A systematic literature review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
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- Adolescent Obesity and Type Two Diabetes in Young Adults in the Minority Muslim Bedouin Population in Southern Israel.Journal of community health · 2023Article
- Association of Perceived Neighbourhood Walkability with Self-Reported Physical Activity and Body Mass Index in South African Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- International Physical Activity and Built Environment Study of adolescents: IPEN Adolescent design, protocol and measures.BMJ open · 2021Observational
- Association of Built Environment with Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Men and Women Living inside the City Wall of Xi'an, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Overview of the Pathogenesis, Genetic, and Non-Invasive Clinical, Biochemical, and Scoring Methods in the Assessment of NAFLD.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
- Development of a Computational Model to Predict Excess Body Fat in Adolescents through Low Cost Variables.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Evidence-based Nutritional Intervention Protocol for Korean Moderate-Severe Obese Children and Adolescents.Clinical nutrition research · 2019Article
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Abstract
There is evidence that the built environment can promote unhealthy habits which may increase the risk for obesity among adolescents. However, the majority of evidence is from North America, Europe and Australia, and less is known about other world regions. The purpose of this study was to examine how the number of overweight and obese adolescents may vary in relation to the built environment, area socioeconomic status (SES), physical activity (PA) and nutritional home environment. We performed a telephone survey of 904 adolescents ages 15-18 from three different cities in Israel. The questionnaire included: reported PA, sedentary behaviors and nutritional home environment. Body Mass Index (BMI) was attained from records of Maccabi Healthcare Services (MHS). The built environment measures were calculated by Geographic Information System (GIS). Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify variables associated with adolescents' overweight and obesity. The highest level of overweight and obese adolescents was in Beer Sheva (29.2%). The three cities did not differ in built environment characteristics, PA and sedentary behaviors. In Haifa, a more positive nutritional home environment was reported (
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