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Relating neighborhood deprivation to childhood obesity in the ABCD study: Evidence for theories of neuroinflammation and neuronal stress.

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Adise, Shana, Marshall, Andrew T., Kan, Eric, Gonzalez, Marybel R., Sowell, Elizabeth R.·2023·Health Psychology

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OBJECTIVE: We evaluated whether relationships between area deprivation (ADI), body mass index (BMI) and brain structure (e.g., cortical thickness, subcortical volume) during preadolescence supported the immunologic model of self-regulation failure (NI) and/or neuronal stress (NS) theories of overeating. The NI theory proposes that ADI causes structural alteration in the brain due to the neuroinflammatory effects of overeating unhealthy foods. The NS theory proposes that ADI-related stress negatively impacts brain structure, which causes stress-related overeating and subsequent obesity. METHOD: = 3,087, 51% male). Linear mixed-effects models identified brain regions that were associated with both ADI and BMI; longitudinal associations were evaluated with mediation models. The NI model included ADI and BMI at 9 to 10 years old and brain data at 11 to 12 years old. The NS model included ADI and brain data at 9 to 10 years old and BMI at 11 to 12 years old. RESULTS: BMI at 9 to 10 years old partially mediated the relationship between ADI and ventral diencephalon (DC) volume at 11 to 12 years old. Additionally, the ventral DC at 9 to 10 years old partially mediated the relationship between ADI and BMI at 11 to 12 years old, even in youth who at baseline, were of a healthy weight. Results were unchanged when controlling for differences in brain structure and weight across the 2-years. CONCLUSION: Greater area deprivation may indicate fewer access to resources that support healthy development, like nutritious food and nonstressful environments. Our findings provide evidence in support of the NI and NS theories of overeating, specifically, with greater ADI influencing health outcomes of obesity via brain structure alterations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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  • Greater neighborhood deprivation has been associated with adolescents' higher BMI 1 year later in studies using data from predominantly White samples.

    “Greater neighborhood deprivation has also been associated with adolescents' higher BMI 1 year later in studies using data from predominantly White samples [25,26].”

    From Intersections of Structural State-Level Racism and Neighborhood Deprivation on Nutrition and Obesity for Black Adolescents (2025) · cites this paper as [25]

    The Results report that the sample was 69.6% White and that greater area deprivation was positively associated with BMI at the two-year follow-up. The paper does not report this association at the claimed one-year follow-up. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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Authors
Adise, S., Marshall, A. T., Kan, E., Gonzalez, M. R., & Sowell, E. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Southern California (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
Venue
Health Psychology
Published
2023-12
Volume
42
Issue
12
Pages
868-877
ISSN
  • 0278-6133 (ISSN-L)
  • 1930-7810
OpenAlex
W4310707199
Cited by
15
References
66
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1
FWCI
2.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (1503209)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (U01DA041156, U01DA041174, U24DA041123, and U24DA041147)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (U01DA041106, U01DA051037, U01DA041120, U01DA041156, U01DA041174, U01DA050987, U01DA050989, U01DA050988, U01DA041048, U24DA041147, U01DA041148, U01DA041022, U01DA041028, U01DA051039, U01DA041134, U01DA041025, U24DA041123, U01DA051038, U01DA041093, U01DA041089, U01DA051016, U01DA041117, U01DA051018)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P50NS022343)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01ES031074)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Keywords
neighborhood disadvantage, childhood obesity, Area Deprivation Index, neuroinflammation, neuronal stress, overeating, brain structure, ventral diencephalon, cortical thickness, subcortical volume, body mass index, late childhood, mediation, self-regulation failure
MeSH terms
Neuroinflammatory Diseases, Adolescent, Brain, Child, Female, Humans, Hyperphagia, Male, Body Mass Index, Pediatric Obesity

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