ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2023
Violent Crime, Physical Inactivity, and Obesity: Examining Spatial Relationships by Racial/Ethnic Composition of Community Residents.
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- Biopsychosocial and Environmental Factors That Impact Brain-Gut-Microbiome Interactions in Obesity.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2026Pooled it
- The Effects of Neighborhood Violence on Physical Activity Following the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order: A Multilevel Analysis.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Associations between food retailer availability and violent crime by neighborhood SES in Chicago, IL: an ecological study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Urban violence as a predictor factor of obesity: longitudinal evidence from Sao Paulo, Brazil.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Brazil's Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer and child malnutrition: a nationwide birth cohort study.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Exposure to Crime at Food Stores: Implications for Nutrition and Health among Black Americans.Journal of community health · 2025Article
- Person-Centered Approach to Understanding Psychosocial Stressor Subgroups and Cardiovascular Disease: New Perspectives From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of the Social Determinants of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity.International journal of pediatrics · 2025Review
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- Pediatric obesity during COVID-19: the role of neighborhood social vulnerability and collective efficacy.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Article
- American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions: 2021 Meeting Highlights.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
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Abstract
Violence is a public health issue that disproportionately affects communities of color in urban centers. There is limited understanding of how violent crime is associated with adult physical inactivity and obesity prevalence given the racial/ethnic composition of community residents. This research aimed to address this gap by examining census tract-level data in Chicago, IL. Ecological data gathered from a variety of sources were analyzed in 2020. Violent crime rate represented the number of police-reported incidents of homicide, aggravated assault, and armed robbery per 1,000 residents. Spatial error and ordinary least square regression models were evaluated to determine if violent crime rate was significant associated with prevalence (%) of adult physical inactivity and obesity among all Chicago census tracts (N = 798), majority non-Hispanic (NH) White tracts (n = 240), majority NH Black tracts (n = 280), majority Hispanic tracts (n = 169), and racially diverse tracts (n = 109). Majority was defined as ≥ 50% representation. After adjusting for socioeconomic and environmental measures (e.g., median income, grocery store availability, walkability index), violent crime rate was associated with % physical inactivity and % obesity at the census tract level in Chicago, IL (both p < 0.001). Associations were statistically significant among majority NH Black and Hispanic tracts, but not majority NH White and racially diverse tracts. Future studies should evaluate the structural drivers of violence and the influence these drivers have on adult physical inactivity and obesity risk, particularly in communities of color.
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