Association between Neighborhood Food Environment and Body Mass Index among Older Adults in Beijing, China: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the association between the neighborhood food environment and body mass index (BMI) among Chinese older adults. A multi-stage stratified random sampling method was used to recruit participants from 12 communities in Beijing, China, in 2019. Participants (n = 1764, 1034 women) in this study were older adults aged 65 to 80. We collected the participants' basic information, measured their height and weight, and calculated their BMI. Neighborhood food environments were measured by the density of and proximity to different food outlets using the Baidu Map Application Programming Interface. Adjusted multiple linear regression was performed to estimate the association between the food environment and BMI. Participants had a mean age of 69.7 ± 4.32 years old and an average BMI of 26

SUBMITTER: Zhang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7589694 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature