Neighborhood Greenspace and Changes in Pediatric Obesity During COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pediatric obesity rates increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined the associations of neighborhood greenspace with changes in pediatric obesity during the pandemic.

Methods

Electronic health record data from a large pediatric primary care network were extracted to create a retrospective cohort of patients aged 2-17 years with a visit in each of 2 periods: June 2019-December 2019 (before pandemic) and June 2020-December 2020 (pandemic). Multivariable longitudinal generalized estimating equations Poisson regression estimated the associations of census tract‒level Normalized Difference Vegetation Index with (1) changes in obesity risk during the pandemic and (2) risk of new-onset obesity among children who were not obese prepandemic. Analyses were

SUBMITTER: Mayne SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9420704 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature