PMID- 18465437
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080703
LR  - 20091117
IS  - 1747-7174 (Electronic)
IS  - 1747-7166 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
DP  - 2008
TI  - Influence of neighbourhood design and access to facilities on overweight among 
      preschool children.
PG  - 109-16
LID - 10.1080/17477160701875007 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Studies of the role of the built environment in relation to obesity in 
      young children have reported inconsistent results. METHODS: We explored the 
      association of objective measures of neighbourhood design (dwelling density, land 
      use mix, intersection density, availability of facilities) with the bodyweight 
      status of 501 preschool children (girls = 262; boys = 239) residing in Edmonton, 
      Canada. RESULTS: Approximately 21% of the children were classified as overweight 
      or at-risk of being overweight according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 
      growth charts, while 15% of the children were considered overweight or obese 
      according to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria. Controlling 
      for measures of physical activity, junk food consumption and neighbourhood-level 
      social class, significant interactions were found between sex of the child and 
      walkability of the neighbourhood (composite index of dwelling density, land use 
      mix, and intersection density) and sex of the child and intersection density 
      regardless of the bodyweight status criteria. The odds of girls being overweight 
      or obese were lower if they lived in walkable neighbourhoods (OR = 0.78, 95%CI, 
      0.66-0.91 CDC; OR = 0.73, 95%CI, 0.61-0.88 IOTF) with more intersections (OR = 
      0.57, 95%CI, 0.39-0.86 CDC; OR = 0.48, 95%CI, 0.30-0.76 IOTF). No significant 
      associations were observed for boys. CONCLUSION: Thus, aspects of the built 
      environment may differentially influence the bodyweight status of children 
      depending upon sex.
FAU - Spence, John C
AU  - Spence JC
AD  - Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 
      Alberta, Canada. jc.spence@ualberta.ca
FAU - Cutumisu, Nicoleta
AU  - Cutumisu N
FAU - Edwards, Joy
AU  - Edwards J
FAU - Evans, Judy
AU  - Evans J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Pediatr Obes
JT  - International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the 
      International Association for the Study of Obesity
JID - 101256330
SB  - IM
MH  - Alberta
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Environment Design
MH  - Exercise
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Services Accessibility
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/etiology/physiopathology/*therapy
MH  - Odds Ratio
MH  - Overweight/etiology/physiopathology/*therapy
MH  - *Residence Characteristics
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - *Urban Health Services
MH  - Walking
EDAT- 2008/05/10 09:00
MHDA- 2008/07/04 09:00
CRDT- 2008/05/10 09:00
PHST- 2008/05/10 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/07/04 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/05/10 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 789687942 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/17477160701875007 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Pediatr Obes. 2008;3(2):109-16. doi: 10.1080/17477160701875007.