Impact of built, social, and economic environments on adolescent obesity and related health behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to estimate the effects of the built, social, and economic environments on adolescent obesity and related behaviors.

Methods

Exploiting quasi-exogenous variation in military families' geographic location, this study estimated intent-to-treat models of the association between the assigned installation's county environments and adolescents' (mean age 13.5 years) self-reported and model-corrected BMI, overweight or obesity status, and self-reported diet and exercise. Three indices for the built, social, and economic environments characterized county-level environments (higher value implies more advantageous environments) based on 19 indicators. Multivariate linear and logistic models were estimated on the full sample (N = 1111) and on subsamples with

SUBMITTER: Prados MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10034597 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature