Obesogenic neighborhood environment is associated with body fat and low-grade inflammation in Brazilian children: could the mother's body mass index be a mediating factor?

CONCLUSIONS: Obesogenic neighborhood environment directly affects body fat and indirectly affects leptin concentrations in Brazilian children, mediated by the mother's BMI and body fat.PMID:38031476 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980023002628

Source: Public Health Nutrition - November 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mariana De Santis Filgueiras Milene Cristine Pessoa Josefina Bressan Ariene Silva do Carmo Aline Siqueira Fogal Vegi Fernanda Martins de Albuquerque Juliana Farias de Novaes Source Type: research