Optimal Gestational Weight Gain and Fetal Growth in Urban Environments: The Role of Residential Greenness.

ABSTRACT: The influence of residential greenness on maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) and fetal intrauterine growth remains understudied. This study examined the impact of residential greenness on GWG and fetal intrauterine growth and assessed the mediating role of GWG. The research included 29406 births in Shanghai, utilizing the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to measure greenness within a 500 m radius (NDVI-500). The analysis employed a generalized linear model to assess the impacts of residental greenness on GWG, fetal growth and birthweight, and a mediation analysis to explore GWG's role between greenness and fetal development. Results indicated that significant benefits were observed with increased greenness, where each 0.1 unit increase in NDVI-500 was associated with reduc

SUBMITTER: Zhang SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12281196 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature