Associations of Residential Brownness and Greenness with Fasting Glucose in Young Healthy Adults Living in the Desert.

ABSTRACT: Evolutionary psychology theories propose that contact with green, natural environments may benefit physical health, but little comparable evidence exists for brown, natural environments, such as the desert. In this study, we examined the association between "brownness" and "greenness" with fasting glucose among young residents of El Paso, Texas. We defined brownness as the surface not covered by vegetation or impervious land within Euclidian buffers around participants' homes. Fasting glucose along with demographic and behavioral data were obtained from the Nurse Engagement and Wellness Study (n = 517). We found that residential proximity to brownness was not associated with fasting glucose when modeled independently. In contrast, we found that residential greenness was associated with dec

SUBMITTER: Olvera-Alvarez HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7826883 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature