PMID- 24704504
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150220
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1096-0260 (Electronic)
IS  - 0091-7435 (Print)
IS  - 0091-7435 (Linking)
VI  - 64
DP  - 2014 Jul
TI  - The impact of neighborhood park access and quality on body mass index among 
      adults in New York City.
PG  - 63-8
LID - S0091-7435(14)00120-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.026 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between adult individuals' body mass index 
      (BMI) and characteristics of parks (size and cleanliness) in an urban environment 
      taking into account the physical and social environments of the neighborhood. 
      METHODS: Cross-sectional, hierarchical linear models were used to determine 
      whether park effects were associated with BMI using self-reported height and 
      weight data obtained from the Community Health Survey in New York City 
      (2002-2006). RESULTS: Both the proportion of the residential zip code that was 
      large park space and the proportion that was small park space had significant 
      inverse associations with BMI after controlling for individual socio-demographic 
      and zip code built environment characteristics (-0.20 BMI units across the 
      inter-quartile range (IQR) for large parks, 95% CI -0.32, -0.08; -0.21 BMI units 
      across the IQR for small parks, 95% CI -0.31, -0.10, respectively). Poorer scores 
      on the park cleanliness index were associated with higher BMI, 0.18 BMI units 
      across the IQR of the park cleanliness index (95% CI 0.05, 0.30). CONCLUSIONS: 
      This study demonstrated that proportion of neighborhoods that was large or small 
      park space and park cleanliness were associated with lower BMI among NYC adults 
      after adjusting for other neighborhood features such as homicides and 
      walkability, characteristics that could influence park usage.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Stark, James H
AU  - Stark JH
AD  - Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 
      New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Neckerman, Kathryn
AU  - Neckerman K
AD  - Columbia Population Research Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Lovasi, Gina S
AU  - Lovasi GS
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 
      New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Quinn, James
AU  - Quinn J
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 
      New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Weiss, Christopher C
AU  - Weiss CC
AD  - Department of Sociology, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Bader, Michael D M
AU  - Bader MD
AD  - Department of Sociology, Risk and Society, American University, Washington, DC, 
      USA; Center on Health, Risk and Society, American University, Washington, DC, 
      USA.
FAU - Konty, Kevin
AU  - Konty K
AD  - Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 
      New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Harris, Tiffany G
AU  - Harris TG
AD  - Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 
      New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Rundle, Andrew
AU  - Rundle A
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 
      New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: agr3@columbia.edu.
LA  - eng
GR  - K01 HD067390/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 DK079885/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K01HD067390/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01DK079885-01A2/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
DEP - 20140402
PL  - United States
TA  - Prev Med
JT  - Preventive medicine
JID - 0322116
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Environment Design
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - New York City
MH  - Public Facilities/standards/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Residence Characteristics/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Self Report
MH  - *Social Environment
MH  - Urban Health/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Walking/*physiology
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4314092
MID - NIHMS590137
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Environment
OT  - Epidemiology
OT  - Neighborhood
OT  - Obesity
OT  - Urban
OT  - Walkability
COIS- Conflict of Interest Statement: The authors declare there are no conflicts of 
      interest.
EDAT- 2014/04/08 06:00
MHDA- 2015/02/24 06:00
PMCR- 2015/07/01
CRDT- 2014/04/08 06:00
PHST- 2013/12/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/03/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/03/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/04/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/04/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/02/24 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0091-7435(14)00120-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.026 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Prev Med. 2014 Jul;64:63-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.026. Epub 2014 Apr 2.