MOVE MORE, GAIN LESS: EFFECT OF A RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM ON CHILDHOOD BMI

We investigate the effect of residential proximity to recreational trails on childhood body mass index (BMI). We find that children living within 0.5 miles of recreational trails have BMI z‐scores that are 0.0412 to 0.0507 standard deviations lower than those who do not live within 0.5 miles of trai...

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Autores principales: Kim, Bongkyun, Thomsen, Michael R., Nayga, Rodolfo M., Fang, Di, Goudie, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32194313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/coep.12448
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author Kim, Bongkyun
Thomsen, Michael R.
Nayga, Rodolfo M.
Fang, Di
Goudie, Anthony
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description We investigate the effect of residential proximity to recreational trails on childhood body mass index (BMI). We find that children living within 0.5 miles of recreational trails have BMI z‐scores that are 0.0412 to 0.0507 standard deviations lower than those who do not live within 0.5 miles of trails. We also find that living nearby trails reduces the probability of becoming obese by 1.6 percentage points. The impact for BMI z‐score is larger for children qualifying for free or reduced‐price meals and for Hispanic children. These findings suggest that improving neighborhood amenities conducive to physical activity may help reduce disparities in childhood obesity. (JEL I10, R10)
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spelling pubmed-70740622020-03-17 MOVE MORE, GAIN LESS: EFFECT OF A RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM ON CHILDHOOD BMI Kim, Bongkyun Thomsen, Michael R. Nayga, Rodolfo M. Fang, Di Goudie, Anthony Contemp Econ Policy Original Articles We investigate the effect of residential proximity to recreational trails on childhood body mass index (BMI). We find that children living within 0.5 miles of recreational trails have BMI z‐scores that are 0.0412 to 0.0507 standard deviations lower than those who do not live within 0.5 miles of trails. We also find that living nearby trails reduces the probability of becoming obese by 1.6 percentage points. The impact for BMI z‐score is larger for children qualifying for free or reduced‐price meals and for Hispanic children. These findings suggest that improving neighborhood amenities conducive to physical activity may help reduce disparities in childhood obesity. (JEL I10, R10) Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2019-10-31 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7074062/ /pubmed/32194313 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/coep.12448 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Contemporary Economic Policy published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the Western Economic Association International. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kim, Bongkyun
Thomsen, Michael R.
Nayga, Rodolfo M.
Fang, Di
Goudie, Anthony
MOVE MORE, GAIN LESS: EFFECT OF A RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM ON CHILDHOOD BMI
title MOVE MORE, GAIN LESS: EFFECT OF A RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM ON CHILDHOOD BMI
title_full MOVE MORE, GAIN LESS: EFFECT OF A RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM ON CHILDHOOD BMI
title_fullStr MOVE MORE, GAIN LESS: EFFECT OF A RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM ON CHILDHOOD BMI
title_full_unstemmed MOVE MORE, GAIN LESS: EFFECT OF A RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM ON CHILDHOOD BMI
title_short MOVE MORE, GAIN LESS: EFFECT OF A RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM ON CHILDHOOD BMI
title_sort move more, gain less: effect of a recreational trail system on childhood bmi
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32194313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/coep.12448
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