Neighborhood Disadvantage and Body Mass Index: A Study of Residential Relocation
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Quasi-causal associations of physical activity and neighborhood walkability with body mass index: a twin study.
OBJECTIVE Physical activity, neighborhood walkability, and body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)) associations were tested using quasi-experimental twin methods. We hypothesized that physical activity and walkability were independently associated with BMI within twin pairs, controlling for genetic and environmental background shared between them. METHODS Data were from 6376 (64% female; 58% identical...
متن کاملBody mass index, safety hazards, and neighborhood attractiveness.
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 associ...
متن کاملAssessment of Economic components on residential satisfaction and its impact on household's residential relocation (Case of Study: Yaftabad, Tehran)
Realization of satisfaction in residential environments is shaped by several factors; one of these factors is the economic elements of the city. Economic indicators, along with other factors such as physical, cultural, social, etc., is effective on the inhabitants’ assess of their place of residence and it is introduced as one of the effective factors on the motivations of households to move fr...
متن کاملThe association of body mass index with social and economic disadvantage in women and men.
BACKGROUND Although an inverse relationship between socioeconomic status and body mass index (BMI) is well documented, broad population studies focusing on the association between BMI and various forms of disadvantage such as unemployment, low income or social isolation are rare. METHODS A nationwide, representative sample of 25-64-year-old Finnish subjects (n = 6016) was classified according...
متن کاملNeighbourhood disadvantage, geographic remoteness and body mass index among immigrants to Australia: A national cohort study 2006-2014
Obesity is socioeconomically, geographically and ethnically patterned. Understanding these elements of disadvantage is vital in understanding population obesity trends and the development of effective and equitable interventions. This study examined the relationship between neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and geographic remoteness with prospective trends in mean body mass index (BMI) a...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0002-9262,1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx390