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Natural environment and childhood obesity: A systematic review

The associations between built and food environments and childhood obesity have been studied extensively. However, the association between the natural environment and childhood obesity has received too little scholarly attention. This study reviewed the literature published before 1 January 2019, wh...

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Autores principales: Jia, Peng, Dai, Shaoqing, Rohli, Kristen E., Rohli, Robert V., Ma, Yanan, Yu, Chao, Pan, Xiongfeng, Zhou, Weiqi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7988590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32869468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.13097
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author Jia, Peng
Dai, Shaoqing
Rohli, Kristen E.
Rohli, Robert V.
Ma, Yanan
Yu, Chao
Pan, Xiongfeng
Zhou, Weiqi
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description The associations between built and food environments and childhood obesity have been studied extensively. However, the association between the natural environment and childhood obesity has received too little scholarly attention. This study reviewed the literature published before 1 January 2019, which described associations between a full range of natural environmental factors (e.g., rainfall, temperature, sunlight, natural disasters, flood and drought) and weight‐related behaviours and childhood obesity. Five cross‐sectional studies and one longitudinal study were identified. Measures of natural environmental factors varied across six included studies, falling into five broad categories: weather conditions, altitude, natural disaster risk, air quality and day length. It was found that temperature was a significant weather indicator in most included studies and was associated with a reduction of daily physical activity. Children living in high‐altitude areas were more likely to be shorter and heavier than their counterparts in low‐altitude areas. Findings of this study will contribute to helping multiple stakeholders, including policy makers and urban planners, and formulate health policies and interventions to mitigate the detrimental impact of the natural environment on childhood obesity. More longitudinal studies should be designed to confirm these effects and explore the potential health effects of more natural environmental factors.
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spelling pubmed-79885902021-03-25 Natural environment and childhood obesity: A systematic review Jia, Peng Dai, Shaoqing Rohli, Kristen E. Rohli, Robert V. Ma, Yanan Yu, Chao Pan, Xiongfeng Zhou, Weiqi Obes Rev Obesogenic Environment and Childhood Obesity The associations between built and food environments and childhood obesity have been studied extensively. However, the association between the natural environment and childhood obesity has received too little scholarly attention. This study reviewed the literature published before 1 January 2019, which described associations between a full range of natural environmental factors (e.g., rainfall, temperature, sunlight, natural disasters, flood and drought) and weight‐related behaviours and childhood obesity. Five cross‐sectional studies and one longitudinal study were identified. Measures of natural environmental factors varied across six included studies, falling into five broad categories: weather conditions, altitude, natural disaster risk, air quality and day length. It was found that temperature was a significant weather indicator in most included studies and was associated with a reduction of daily physical activity. Children living in high‐altitude areas were more likely to be shorter and heavier than their counterparts in low‐altitude areas. Findings of this study will contribute to helping multiple stakeholders, including policy makers and urban planners, and formulate health policies and interventions to mitigate the detrimental impact of the natural environment on childhood obesity. More longitudinal studies should be designed to confirm these effects and explore the potential health effects of more natural environmental factors. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-09-01 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7988590/ /pubmed/32869468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.13097 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Obesity Reviews published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of World Obesity Federation This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Zhou, Weiqi
Natural environment and childhood obesity: A systematic review
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title_short Natural environment and childhood obesity: A systematic review
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topic Obesogenic Environment and Childhood Obesity
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7988590/
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