期刊
OBESITY
卷 14, 期 3, 页码 518-525出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.67
关键词
safety; residence characteristics; environment; mothers; crime
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [R01-HD41141] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [K24-DK065018] Funding Source: Medline
Objective: To test the hypothesis that mothers of young children would have a higher prevalence of obesity if they lived in neighborhoods that they perceived as unsafe or as having a low level of collective efficacy. Research Methods and Procedures: Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a cross-sectional analysis was conducted of 2445 women livino in 20 large (population >= 200,000) U.S. cities. BMI was ineasured on 72% and self-reported on 28%. Perception of neighborhood safety was assessed with the Neighborhood Environment for Children Rating Scales. The collective efficacy measure was adapted from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. Results: Thirty percent of the women were married, 38% lived below the U.S. poverty threshold, and 66% reported no education beyond high school. Approximately one-half of the women were non-Hispanic black, and one-fourth were Hispanic (any race). After adjustment for sociodemographic factors (household income, education, race/ethnicity, age, and marital status), smoking, depression, and television time, the prevalence of obesity (BMI >= 30 kg/m(2)) increased across tertiles of neighborhood safety from safest to least safe (37% vs. 41%, vs. 46%, p = 0.004) but did not differ across tertiles of collective efficacy from highest to lowest (41% vs. 40% vs. 42%, p = 0.67). Discussion: In a national sample of women with young children, obesity was more prevalent among those who perceived their neighborhoods to be unsafe.
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