Weight Trajectories Among Youths Following Residential Relocation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Overweight and obesity affect millions of children and adolescents worldwide, and its prevalence is increasing.

Objective

To investigate the associations of changes in the surrounding residential environment following relocation on childhood body mass index (BMI), focusing on 3 external exposome domains: air pollution, the built environment, and socioeconomic disadvantage.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal cohort study used harmonized data from birth cohorts from the Netherlands (PIAMA), Sweden (BAMSE), and the Czech Republic (ELSPAC-CZ) participating in the EXPANSE (Exposome Powered Tools for Healthy Living in Urban Settings) project, with birth dates ranging between 1991 and 1997. Participants were youths aged 2 to 24 years who had exper

SUBMITTER: Saucy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12628102 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature