SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2022
The built environment as determinant of childhood obesity: A systematic literature review.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Identifying Key Predictors of Mid-Childhood Obesity in a Population-Based Cohort Study: An Evidence Synthesis and Predictive Modeling Study.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Ambient air pollution and childhood obesity from infancy to late childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 10 European birth cohorts.Environment international · 2025Pooled it
- Association between 24-hour movement behaviors and adiposity in children and adolescents: A compositional data meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review on the relationship between the built environment and children's quality of life.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Associations of the built environment with type 2 diabetes in Asia: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- 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
- Environmental phenotypes for healthy weight in children using population-based linked environment and health data: a cross-sectional observational study.Health & place · 2026Observational
- International study of 24-hour movement behaviours among preschool children (SUNRISE): A pilot study from Nepal.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Disparities of children's obesogenic environments in Louisiana.International journal of health geographics · 2026Article
- Gene-Environment Interplay Between Residential Walkability and BMI: A Finnish Twin Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
- Two Sides of a Coin: Molecular, metabolic, and Phenotypic Convergence in Pediatric Undernutrition and Obesity.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- Environmental Determinants of Pediatric Obesity: An Epidemiological Review.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Routine Life-Course Health Records in Infancy Predict Being Overweight in Childhood and Adolescence: The TMM BirThree Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association Between Sub-National Regional Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Obesity in Five South-East European Countries: The WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative-COSI (2019).Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Accessibility to Food Destinations and Places for Physical Activity and Children's BMI: A Sex-Stratified Analysis.Nutrients · 2026Article
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- Weight Trajectories Among Youths Following Residential Relocation.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Social disparities in exposures to neighbourhood obesogenic built environments in Czechia.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Evaluating the performance of spatial indicators of destination accessibility for physical activity research: a comparative international analysis.Cities (London, England) · 2025Article
- Poverty and Childhood Obesity: Current Evidence and Methodologies for Future Research.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
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Abstract
We evaluated the epidemiological evidence on the built environment and its link to childhood obesity, focusing on environmental factors such as traffic noise and air pollution, as well as physical factors potentially driving obesity-related behaviors, such as neighborhood walkability and availability and accessibility of parks and playgrounds. Eligible studies were (i) conducted on human children below the age of 18 years, (ii) focused on body size measurements in childhood, (iii) examined at least one built environment characteristic, (iv) reported effect sizes and associated confidence intervals, and (v) were published in English language. A z test, as alternative to the meta-analysis, was used to quantify associations due to heterogeneity in exposure and outcome definition. We found strong evidence for an association of traffic-related air pollution (nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen oxides exposure, p < 0.001) and built environment characteristics supportive of walking (street intersection density, p < 0.01 and access to parks, p < 0.001) with childhood obesity. We identified a lack of studies that account for interactions between different built environment exposures or verify the role and mechanism of important effect modifiers such as age.
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