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Hobbs M, McLeod GFH, Mackenbach JD, Marek L, Wiki J, Deng B, Eggleton P, Boden JM, Bhubaneswor D, Campbell M, Horwood LJ. 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. Health Place 2023; 83:103078. [PMID: 37517383 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
Abstract
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.
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Affiliation(s)
- Matthew Hobbs
- Faculty of Health, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; Te Taiwhenua o Te Hauora - GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; The Cluster for Community and Urban Resilience (CURe), University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
| | - Geraldine F H McLeod
- Christchurch Health and Development Study, University of Otago - Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
| | - Joreintje D Mackenbach
- Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Upstream Team, www.upstreamteam.nl, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
| | - Lukas Marek
- Faculty of Health, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; Te Taiwhenua o Te Hauora - GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
| | - Jesse Wiki
- Te Taiwhenua o Te Hauora - GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau, Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Bingyu Deng
- Faculty of Health, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; Te Taiwhenua o Te Hauora - GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
| | - Phoebe Eggleton
- Faculty of Health, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; Te Taiwhenua o Te Hauora - GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
| | - Joseph M Boden
- Christchurch Health and Development Study, University of Otago - Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
| | - Dhakal Bhubaneswor
- Christchurch Health and Development Study, University of Otago - Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
| | - Malcolm Campbell
- Te Taiwhenua o Te Hauora - GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
| | - L John Horwood
- Christchurch Health and Development Study, University of Otago - Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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