Journal article
Invited commentary: built environment and obesity among older adults--can neighborhood-level policy interventions make a difference?
American journal of epidemiology, v 169(4), pp 409-412
15 Feb 2009
PMID: 19153213
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Abstract
Obesity is more prevalent and its consequences severe among middle-aged and older adults. Efforts to understand and address neighborhood-level causes of obesity in this population offer the potential to enhance health and reduce the costs of obesity for everyone. The accompanying paper by Li et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2009;169(4):401-408) presents new data on the apparently significant interaction between neighborhood and individual characteristics on 1-year change in body weight and waist circumference. Despite methodological limitations in measurement, this paper supports the importance of future research that considers the complex relation between people and where they live. Efforts to design neighborhood-level policy interventions to effectively address the problem of obesity will require greater interdisciplinary collaboration.
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- Title
- Invited commentary: built environment and obesity among older adults--can neighborhood-level policy interventions make a difference?
- Creators
- Yvonne L Michael - Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon, USA. michaely@ohsu.eduIrene H Yen
- Publication Details
- American journal of epidemiology, v 169(4), pp 409-412
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; United States
- Grant note
- K01 AG027273 / NIA NIH HHS R01 AG028254 / NIA NIH HHS K01AG027273 / NIA NIH HHS R01AG028254 / NIA NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000263403300003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-60149102567
- Other Identifier
- 991014878161304721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health