ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2023
Impact of built, social, and economic environments on adolescent obesity and related health behaviors.
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- Measurement tools to assess the obesogenic environment in neighborhood: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Early life environment moderates association of body composition and internalizing problems in adolescence.Communications psychology · 2025Article
- A natural experiment: The opening of a supermarket in a public housing community and impacts on children's dietary patterns.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Place of Residence Is Associated with Dietary Intake and BMI-SDS in Children and Adolescents: Findings from the DONALD Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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objectiveThis study aimed to estimate the effects of the built, social, and economic environments on adolescent obesity and related behaviors.
methodsExploiting quasi-exogenous variation in military families' geographic location, this study estimated intent-to-treat models of the association between the assigned installation's county environments and adolescents' (mean age 13.5 years) self-reported and model-corrected BMI, overweight or obesity status, and self-reported diet and exercise. Three indices for the built, social, and economic environments characterized county-level environments (higher value implies more advantageous environments) based on 19 indicators. Multivariate linear and logistic models were estimated on the full sample (N = 1111) and on subsamples with greater exposure based on time (n = 682) and off-installation residence (n = 604).
resultsExposure to more advantageous built environments for more than 2 years was associated with lower probabilities of obesity (-0.18; 95% CI: -0.34 to -0.026) and overweight or obesity (-0.34; 95% CI: -0.56 to -0.12) and was associated with lower BMI z scores (-0.76; 95% CI: -1.45 to -0.02). Results for adolescents living off-installation were similar. More advantageous built environments were also associated with lower consumption of unhealthy foods, but not with physical activity. Social and economic environments were not associated with any outcomes.
conclusionsThe built environment, but not social and economic environments, was a strong predictor of adolescents' BMI, overweight or obesity status, and eating behaviors.
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