Neighborhood socioeconomic differences in BMI: The role of fast-food outlets and physical activity facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of this study was to investigate the association between neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES) and BMI and to what extent this association is moderated by availability of fast-food (FF) outlets and pay-for-use physical activity (PA) facilities.

Methods

Baseline data of adults in Lifelines (N = 146,629) were linked to Statistics Netherlands and a register using geocoding to compute, respectively, NSES (i.e., low, middle, high) and the number of FF outlets and PA facilities within 1 km of the residential address. Multivariable multilevel linear regression analyses were performed to examine the association between NSES and BMI. Two-way and three-way interaction terms were tested to examine moderation by FF outlets and PA facilities.

Results

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SUBMITTER: van Diepen RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10107820 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature