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Childhood obesity and the built environment

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Galvez, Maida P, Pearl, Meghan, Yen, Irene H·2010·Current Opinion in Pediatrics

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Neighborhood factors are increasingly examined for their role in the childhood obesity epidemic. Whereas studies on the impacts of neighborhood factors on adult obesity are relatively common, studies examining these same factors on childhood obesity are far fewer. RECENT FINDINGS: Using the Ecological Systems Theory (EST) as a model, we sought to examine the strength of the literature with respect to neighborhood factors as outlined in EST. This includes factors related to the family and the school, which are embedded in larger social contexts of the community and society. These factors are often referred to in the literature as the 'built environment' which encompasses the entire range of structural elements in a residential setting including, for example, housing mix, transportation networks, public resources, and presence of sidewalks or trails. SUMMARY: Whereas progress has been made with respect to the body of evidence supporting the role of neighborhood factors on childhood obesity and obesity-related behaviors, much work remains to be done to enhance our understanding of neighborhood level factors. As the body of evidence grows, these studies will inform multilevel interventions which are urgently needed to tackle the growing epidemic of childhood obesity in the US.

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Authors: Galvez, M. P., Pearl, M., & Yen, I. H.
Affiliations: University of California, San Francisco (US)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Corresponding author: Galvez, Maida P
ORCID: Galvez, Maida P
Yen, Irene H
Venue: Current Opinion in Pediatrics
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2010-04
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Pages: 202-207
ISSN: 1040-8703 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1097/mop.0b013e328336eb6f
PMC: PMC2896907
OpenAlex: W2030376859
Cited by: 189
References: 51
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 52 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 17
FWCI: 1.90
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: Current Opinion in Pediatrics (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: U.S. Public Health Service (ATU 300014)
National Institute on Aging (K01AG027273)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (P01ES009584, U01ES012771, U01ES019454)
National Center for Research Resources (M01RR000071, M01-RR-00071)
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U58 DP001010, 5U58DP001010-02)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Social Sciences › Transportation › Urban Transport and Accessibility
Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Green Space and Health
Keywords: childhood obesity, built environment, neighborhood factors, ecological systems theory, family factors, school factors, multilevel interventions, transportation networks, housing mix, physical activity
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Child, Diet, Environment, Humans, Motor Activity, Obesity

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