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Body Mass Index, Safety Hazards, and Neighborhood Attractiveness
American journal of preventive medicine, v 43(4), pp 378-384
01 Oct 2012
PMCID: PMC3593726
PMID: 22992355
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Abstract
Background: Neighborhood attractiveness and safety may encourage physical activity and help individuals maintain a healthy weight. However, these neighborhood characteristics may not be equally relevant to health across all settings and population subgroups.
Purpose: To evaluate whether potentially attractive neighborhood features are associated with lower BMI, whether safety hazards are associated with higher BMI, and whether environment-environment interactions are present such that associations for a particular characteristic are stronger in an otherwise supportive environment.
Methods: Survey data and measured height and weight were collected from a convenience sample of 13,102 adult New York City (NYC) residents in 2000-2002; data analyses were completed 2008-2012. Built-environment measures based on municipal GIS data sources were constructed within 1-km network buffers to assess walkable urban form (density, land-use mix, transit access); attractiveness (sidewalk cafes, landmark buildings, street trees, street cleanliness); and safety (homicide rate, pedestrian-auto collision and fatality rate). Generalized linear models with cluster-robust SEs controlled for individual and area-based sociodemographic characteristics.
Results: The presence of sidewalk cafes, density of landmark buildings, and density of street trees were associated with lower BMI, whereas the proportion of streets rated as clean was associated with higher BMI. Interactions were observed for sidewalk cafes with neighborhood poverty, for street-tree density with walkability, and for street cleanliness with safety. Safety hazard indicators were not independently associated with BMI.
Conclusions: Potentially attractive community and natural features were associated with lower BMI among adults in NYC, and there was some evidence of effect modification. (Am J Prev Med 2012;43(4):378-384) (c) 2012 American Journal of Preventive Medicine
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- Title
- Body Mass Index, Safety Hazards, and Neighborhood Attractiveness
- Creators
- Gina S. Lovasi - Columbia UniversityMichael D. M. Bader - American Univ, Dept Sociol, Washington, DC 20016 USAJames Quinn - Columbia UniversityKathryn Neckerman - Columbia UniversityChristopher Weiss - Columbia UniversityAndrew Rundle - Columbia University
- Publication Details
- American journal of preventive medicine, v 43(4), pp 378-384
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- 5R01ES014229 / National Institute for Environmental Health Science; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health & Society Scholars Program at Columbia University R01ES014229 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) K01HD067390 / National Institute for Child Health and Human Development; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) K01HD067390 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000309191600008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84866392260
- Other Identifier
- 991020099176404721
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