Long-Term Exposure to Walkable Residential Neighborhoods and Risk of Obesity-Related Cancer in the New York University Women's Health Study (NYUWHS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Living in neighborhoods with higher levels of walkability has been associated with a reduced risk of obesity and higher levels of physical activity. Obesity has been linked to increased risk of 13 cancers in women. However, long-term prospective studies of neighborhood walkability and risk for obesity-related cancer are scarce.

Objectives

We evaluated the association between long-term average neighborhood walkability and obesity-related cancer risk in women.

Methods

The New York University Women's Health Study (NYUWHS) is a prospective cohort with 14,274 women recruited between 1985 and 1991 in New York City and followed over nearly three decades. We geocoded residential addresses for each participant throughout follow-up and calculated an average annual me

SUBMITTER: India-Aldana S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548871 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature