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Alternative Title:
Am J Prev Med
Personal Author:
Boone-Heinonen, Janne ; Gordon-Larsen, Penny
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Description:
To effectively prevent and reduce childhood obesity through healthy community design, it is essential to understand which neighborhood environment features influence weight gain in various age groups. However, most neighborhood environment research is cross-sectional, focuses on adults, and is often carried out in small, nongeneralizable geographic areas. Thus, there is a great need for longitudinal neighborhood environment research in diverse populations across the life cycle. This paper describes (1) insights and challenges of longitudinal neighborhood environment research and (2) advancements and remaining gaps in measurement and study design that examine individuals and neighborhoods within the context of the broader community. Literature-based research and findings from the Obesity and Neighborhood Environment Database (ONEdata), a unique longitudinal GIS that is spatially and temporally linked to data in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N=20,745), provide examples of current limitations in this area of research. Findings suggest a need for longitudinal methodologic advancements to better control for dynamic sources of bias, investigate and capture appropriate temporal frameworks, and address complex residential location processes within families. Development of improved neighborhood environment measures that capture relevant geographic areas within complex communities and investigation of differences across urbanicity and sociodemographic composition are needed. Further longitudinal research is needed to identify, refine, and evaluate national and local policies to most effectively reduce childhood obesity.
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Adolescent
Crime
Environment
Exercise
Female
Food
Geographic Information Systems
Health Promotion
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Obesity
Research Design
Residence Characteristics
Social Environment
Socioeconomic Factors
Sociology, Medical

Source:
Am J Prev Med. 2012; 42(5):e37-e46
Pubmed ID:
22516502
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC3382037
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
R01 HD041375-04/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R01 HL104580/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; P30 ES010126/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; P01 HD031921/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; T32 MH075854/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States ; ... More +
R01 HD041375-04/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R01 HL104580/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; P30 ES010126/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; P01 HD031921/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; T32 MH075854/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States ; R01 HL104580-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; T32MH075854-04/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States ; R36-EH000380/EH/NCEH CDC HHS/United States ; R01 HD057194-05/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R01 HD041375/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R01 HD39183/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; P01-HD31921/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R01 HD057194/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R36 EH000380/EH/NCEH CDC HHS/United States ; R24 HD050924/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States Less -
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CDC Public Access
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