Associations of the Neighborhood Built Environment with Gestational Weight Gain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to determine whether specific factors of the built environment related to physical activity and diet are associated with inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG).

Study design

This analysis is based on data from the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-To-Be, a prospective cohort of nulliparous women who were followed from the beginning of their pregnancies through delivery. At each study visit, home addresses were recorded and geocoded. Locations were linked to several built-environment characteristics such as the census tract National Walkability Score (the 2010 Walkability Index) and the number of gyms, parks, and grocery stores within a 3-km radius of residential address. The primary outcome of GWG (calculated

SUBMITTER: Grobman WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8697035 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature