The Associations between Neighborhood Characteristics and Childhood Overweight and Obesity in a National Dataset.

ABSTRACT:

Background

National child obesity rates continue to climb. While neighborhood factors are known to influence childhood weight, more work is needed to further our understanding of these relationships and inform intervention and policy approaches reflective of complex real-world contexts.

Methods

To evaluate the associations between neighborhood components and childhood overweight/obesity, we analyzed sequential, cross-sectional data from the National Survey of Children's Health collected annually between 2016 and 2021. To characterize the complexity of children's neighborhood environments, several interrelated neighborhood factors were examined: amenities, detractions, support, and safety. We used ordinal logistic regression models to evaluate the associations between these e

SUBMITTER: Worsley S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12039961 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature