Journal article
More neighborhood retail associated with lower obesity among New York City public high school students
Health & place, v 23
Sep 2013
PMID: 23827943
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Abstract
Policies target fast food outlets to curb adolescent obesity. We argue that researchers should examine the entire retail ecology of neighborhoods, not just fast food outlets. We examine the association between the neighborhood retail environment and obesity using Fitnessgram data collected from 94,348 New York City public high school students. In generalized hierarchical linear models, the number of fast food restaurants predicted lower odds of obesity for adolescents (OR:0.972 per establishment; CI:0.957–0.988). In a “placebo test” we found that banks – a measure of neighborhood retail ecology – also predicted lower obesity (OR:0.979 per bank; CI:0.962–0.994). Retail disinvestment might be associated with greater obesity; accordingly, public health research should study the influence of general retail disinvestment not just food-specific investment.
•Policies ignore how fast food restaurants might relate to overall retail investment.•We find lower odds of obesity prevalence in neighborhoods with more fast food.•Overall retail investment, not just food outlets, might be associated with adolescent obesity.•Researchers should study influence of retail investment on adolescent obesity.
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- Title
- More neighborhood retail associated with lower obesity among New York City public high school students
- Creators
- Michael D.M. Bader - University of WashingtonOfira Schwartz-Soicher - Columbia UniversityDarby Jack - Columbia UniversityChristopher C. Weiss - New York UniversityCatherine A. Richards - Columbia UniversityJames W. Quinn - Applied Quantitative Research Program, Department of Sociology, New York University, NY, USAGina S. Lovasi - Columbia UniversityKathryn M. Neckerman - Columbia University Irving Medical CenterAndrew G. Rundle - Columbia University
- Publication Details
- Health & place, v 23
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000324036800014
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84880282691
- Other Identifier
- 991020099618304721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health