Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 19, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192215072
Keywords
green space; obesity; environmental health; Latino population; spatial epidemiology
Funding
- National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT) [R00AG066949]
- National Institutes of Health
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Green space or natural vegetation can reduce obesity risk among Mexican adults by increasing physical activity opportunities or reducing stress and exposure to other pollutants.
Green space or natural vegetation may reduce obesity risk by increasing opportunities for physical activity or reducing stress and exposure to other pollutants. Obesity prevalence in Mexico is ranked among the highest in the world. However, research on the association between green space and obesity in Mexico is lacking. We used data from the National Nutrition Survey in Mexico (2018-2019), a nationally representative sample of Mexican adults. The analytical sample included participants between 20-59 years of age (n = 12,631). We assessed exposure to green space using a 30 m resolution Landsat satellite Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from 2018. Linear regression models examined associations between NDVI and body mass index (BMI), adjusting for confounders. The mean age of the study sample was 38 (SD 0.19) years. Participants living in areas with the highest green space exposure had the lowest education level (53.51%) and socioeconomic status (28.38%) and were located in central (33.01%), south (30.37%), and rural areas (21.05%). Higher residential exposure to green space was associated with a mean decrease in BMI of -1.1 kg/m(2) (95% CI: -1.59, -0.68). This is one of the first studies in Latin America to suggest a protective association between green space and obesity among Mexican adults.
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