Carbon dioxide emissions and change in prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the United States: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies suggest that increasing levels of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), may influence weight gain and thus may play a role in rising trends in obesity and diabetes. We conducted an ecological study to examine the associations between CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion and changes in the prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the United States. County-level data on CO2 emissions, prevalence of obesity and diagnosed diabetes, other sociodemographic factors and neighborhood characteristics related to urbanicity, and fine particles (PM2.5) between 2004 and 2008 were obtained from the Vulcan Project, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and American Community Survey. Linear mixed effect modeling of 3019 counties for the associations between average CO2 emissions

SUBMITTER: Zheutlin AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4194141 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature