Neighborhood walkability and poverty predict excessive gestational weight gain: A cross-sectional study in New York City.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study evaluated associations between neighborhood-level characteristics and gestational weight gain (GWG) in a population-level study of 2015 New York City births.

Methods

Generalized linear mixed-effects models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) for associations between neighborhood-level characteristics (poverty, food environment, walkability) within 1 km of a residential Census block centroid and excessive or inadequate GWG compared with recommended GWG. All models were adjusted for individual-level sociodemographic characteristics.

Results

Among the sample of 106,285 births, 41.8% had excessive GWG, and 26.3% had inadequate GWG. Residence in the highest versus lowest quartile of neighborhood poverty was associated with greater odds of excessive

SUBMITTER: Kinsey EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830702 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature