Hotspots of childhood obesity in a large metropolitan area: does neighbourhood social and built environment play a part?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective place-based interventions for childhood obesity call for the recognition of the high-risk neighbourhoods and an understanding of the determinants present locally. However, such an approach is uncommon. In this study, we identified neighbourhoods with elevated prevalence of childhood obesity ('hotspots') in the Porto Metropolitan Area and investigated to what extent the socio-economic and built environment characteristics of the neighbourhoods explained such hotspots.

Methods

We used data on 5203 7-year-old children from a population-based birth cohort, Generation XXI. To identify hotspots, we estimated local obesity odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) using generalized additive models with a non-parametric smooth for location. Measures

SUBMITTER: Ribeiro AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7394944 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature