Longitudinal association between density of retail food stores and body mass index in Mexican school children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is rapidly increasing in Mexican children and adolescents, while food environments are rapidly changing. We evaluated the association between changes in retail food stores and change in body mass index (BMI) in Mexican children and adolescents.

Methods

Data on 7507 participants aged 5-19 years old came from the Mexican Family Life Survey 2002-2012. Density of food stores at the municipal-level (number of food stores/area in km²) came from the Economic Censuses of 1999, 2004 and 2009. We categorized food stores as small food retail (small neighborhood stores, tiendas de abarrotes in Mexico), specialty foods, fruit/vegetables, convenience foods, and supermarkets. Associations between change in food stores and change in BMI were estimated using fiv

SUBMITTER: Ramirez-Toscano Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10147568 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature