Impact of built, social, and economic environments on adolescent obesity and related health behaviors.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
; 31(4): 1085-1094, 2023 04.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study aimed to estimate the effects of the built, social, and economic environments on adolescent obesity and related behaviors.METHODS:
Exploiting 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).RESULTS:
Exposure 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.CONCLUSIONS:
The 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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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Obesidad Infantil
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Obesity (Silver Spring)
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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FISIOLOGIA
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METABOLISMO
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos