Change in the food environment and measured adiposity in adulthood in the Christchurch Health and development birth cohort, Aotearoa, New Zealand: A birth cohort study

This study investigated associations between change in the food environment and change in measured body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) birth cohort. Our findings suggest that cohort members who experienced the greatest proportional change towards better access to fast food outlets had the slightly larger increases in BMI and WC. Contrastingly, cohort members who experienced the greatest proportional change towards shorter distance and better access to supermarkets had slightly smaller increases in BMI and WC. Our findings may help explain the changes in BMI and WC at a population level.PMID:37517383 | DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103078

Source: Health and Place - July 30, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matthew Hobbs Geraldine F H McLeod Joreintje D Mackenbach Lukas Marek Jesse Wiki Bingyu Deng Phoebe Eggleton Joseph M Boden Dhakal Bhubaneswor Malcolm Campbell L John Horwood Source Type: research