Food environments and obesity: A geospatial analysis of the South Asia Biobank, income and sex inequalities.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In low-middle income countries (LMICs) the role of food environments on obesity has been understudied. We address this gap by 1) examining the effect of food environments on adults' body size (BMI, waist circumference) and obesity; 2) measuring the heterogeneity of such effects by income and sex.

Methods

This cross-sectional study analysed South Asia Biobank surveillance and environment mapping data for 12,167 adults collected between 2018 and 2020 from 33 surveillance sites in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Individual-level data (demographic, socio-economic, and health characteristics) were combined with exposure to healthy and unhealthy food environments measured with geolocations of food outlets (obtained through ground-truth surveys) within 300 m buffer zones aro

SUBMITTER: Atanasova P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8894230 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature