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The impact of neighborhood park access and quality on body mass index among adults in New York City
Preventive medicine, v 64, pp 63-68
Jul 2014
PMCID: PMC4314092
PMID: 24704504
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Abstract
To evaluate the association between adult individuals' body mass index (BMI) and characteristics of parks (size and cleanliness) in an urban environment taking into account the physical and social environments of the neighborhood.
Cross-sectional, hierarchical linear models were used to determine whether park effects were associated with BMI using self-reported height and weight data obtained from the Community Health Survey in New York City (2002-2006).
Both the proportion of the residential zip code that was large park space and the proportion that was small park space had significant inverse associations with BMI after controlling for individual socio-demographic and zip code built environment characteristics (-0.20 BMI units across the inter-quartile range (IQR) for large parks, 95% CI -0.32, -0.08; -0.21 BMI units across the IQR for small parks, 95% CI -0.31, -0.10, respectively). Poorer scores on the park cleanliness index were associated with higher BMI, 0.18 BMI units across the IQR of the park cleanliness index (95% CI 0.05, 0.30).
This study demonstrated that proportion of neighborhoods that was large or small park space and park cleanliness were associated with lower BMI among NYC adults after adjusting for other neighborhood features such as homicides and walkability, characteristics that could influence park usage.
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- Title
- The impact of neighborhood park access and quality on body mass index among adults in New York City
- Creators
- James H Stark - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneKathryn Neckerman - Columbia UniversityGina S Lovasi - Columbia UniversityJames Quinn - Columbia UniversityChristopher C Weiss - New York UniversityMichael D M BaderKevin Konty - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneTiffany G Harris - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneAndrew Rundle - Columbia University
- Publication Details
- Preventive medicine, v 64, pp 63-68
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Grant note
- K01HD067390 / NICHD NIH HHS R01DK079885-01A2 / NIDDK NIH HHS K01 HD067390 / NICHD NIH HHS R01 DK079885 / NIDDK NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Counseling and Family Therapy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000337773200011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84899680754
- Other Identifier
- 991020099919404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health