Changing the housing environment to reduce obesity in public housing residents: a cluster randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public housing residents face significant social, economic, and physical barriers to the practice of health behaviors for prevention of chronic disease. Research shows that public housing residents are more likely to report higher rates of obesity, current smoking, disability, and insufficient physical activity compared to individuals not living in public housing. Because these behaviors and conditions may be shaped by the built and social environments in which they live, we conducted a study to test an environmental level diet and physical activity intervention targeting obesity among urban public housing developments.

Methods

This study was a cluster randomized controlled trial of public housing developments, the unit of analysis and randomization. A total of 10

SUBMITTER: Bowen DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6048807 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature