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Authors

Johnson KA, Showell NN, Flessa S, Janssen M, Reid N, Cheskin LJ, Thornton RLJ

Journal

Childhood Obesity (Print)

Summary
The authors critically reviewed 24 studies investigating relationships between empirically measured neighborhood characteristics and obesity risk factors among urban, low socioeconomic status (SES), Black and Hispanic children. The authors found that BMI may be related to living in a lower-income neighborhood or convenience store access but found that body of evidence relating neighborhood exposures and obesity risk factors among urban, low SES Black and Hispanic children is limited.
Population

Reviewed publications that examined low SES communities, minorities, urban, low socioeconomic status Black and Hispanic children

Health Outcomes

  • Obesity

Health Outcome List:

  • Not available

Environmental Agents

List of Environmental Agents:

  • Not available

Source of Environmental Agents:

  • Neighborhood environments

Economic Evaluation / Methods and Source

Type:

  • Not available

Cost Measures:

  • Reviewed publications that examined socioeconomic effects on obesity risk

Potential Cost Measures:

  • Not available

Benefits Measures:

  • Reviewed publications that examined increased research in minority population to reduce the risk of obesity

Potential Benefits Measures:

  • Not available

Location:

  • Not available

Models Used:

  • RefWorks Database

Models References:

  • Not available

Methods Used:

  • The authors performed a review of exisitng literature to examine studies published from 1993 through early 2017 from PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and Sociological Abstracts databases investigating relationships between empirically measured neighborhood characteristics and obesity risk factors in the populations of interest. Databases were last searched on May 8, 2018. Initial analysis took place during 2014 and was completed during 2017. The authors extracted data on study population, design, and associations between neighborhood characteristics and obesity risk factors.

Sources Used:

  • PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and Sociological Abstracts databases; Additional sources cited in the publication.

Economic Citation / Fundings

Citation:

  • Johnson KA, Showell NN, Flessa S, Janssen M, Reid N, Cheskin LJ, Thornton RLJ. Do Neighborhoods Matter? A Systematic Review of Modifiable Risk Factors for Obesity among Low Socio-Economic Status Black and Hispanic Children. Childhood Obesity (Print). 2019. 15; 2.
  • Pubmed
  • DOI

NIEHS Funding:

  • Not available

Other Funding:

  • P50HL105187, K23HL121250, KL2TR001077