Physical characteristics of the environment and BMI of young urban children and their mothers

Cristiane S. Duarte; Earle C. Chambers; Andrew Rundle; Aviva Must

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.07.009

Physical characteristics of the environment and BMI of young urban children and their mothers

Cristiane S. Duarte, Earle C. Chambers, Andrew Rundle, Aviva Must

Family and Social Medicine

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Abstract

The study examined whether characteristics of the urban physical environment are associated with child and maternal body mass index (BMI) in a sample of 3 year-old children and their mothers from 18 US cities (N=1997 dyads). BMI was determined based on measured height and weight. Characteristics of the interior and exterior physical environment, assessed and rated by trained interviewers, were related to child BMI at age 3 and to their mother's BMI. Negative aspects of the physical environment were more strongly related to maternal BMI among whites than among African-Americans or Hispanics.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1182-1187
Number of pages	6
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	16
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.07.009
State	Published - Nov 2010

Keywords

Child
Disparities
Maternal weight
Obesity
Physical environment
Race/ethnicity

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Health(social science)
Sociology and Political Science
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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