Neighborhood safety, collective efficacy, and obesity in women with young children.

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Hillary L Burdette,Thomas A Wadden,Robert C Whitaker,

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that mothers of young children would have a higher prevalence of obesity if they lived in neighborhoods that they perceived as unsafe or as having a low level of collective efficacy. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a cross-sectional analysis was conducted of 2445 women living in 20 large (population > or = 200,000) U.S. cities. BMI was measured on 72% and self-reported on 28%. Perception of neighborhood safety was assessed with the Neighborhood Environment for Children Rating Scales. The collective efficacy measure was adapted from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. RESULTS: Thirty percent of the women were married, 38% lived below the U.S. poverty threshold, and 66% reported no education beyond high school. Approximately one-half of the women were non-Hispanic black, and one-fourth were Hispanic (any race). After adjustment for sociodemographic factors (household income, education, race/ethnicity, age, and marital status), smoking, depression, and television time, the prevalence of obesity (BMI > or = 30 kg/m2) increased across tertiles of neighborhood safety from safest to least safe (37% vs. 41% vs. 46%, p = 0.004) but did not differ across tertiles of collective efficacy from highest to lowest (41% vs. 40% vs. 42%, p = 0.67). DISCUSSION: In a national sample of women with young children, obesity was more prevalent among those who perceived their neighborhoods to be unsafe.

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HL Burdette,TA Wadden,RC Whitaker,

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr

Journal: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)

VOLUME: 14

Page Numbers: 518-25

Journal Abbreviation: Obesity (Silver Spring)

ISSN: 1930-7381

DAY: 21

MONTH: Mar

YEAR: 2006

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KEYWORDS: Socioeconomic Factors

MESH TERMS: epidemiology

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AFFILIATION: Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 3535 Market Street, Room 1578, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. burdette@email.chop.edu

Country: United States

AGENCY: United States NICHD

GRANT: R01-HD41141

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MEDLINETA: Obesity (Silver Spring)

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