Gentrification and childhood obesity: Evidence from New York City public school students in public housing.
Journal
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
ISSN: 1930-739X
Titre abrégé: Obesity (Silver Spring)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101264860
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Nov 2023
20 Nov 2023
Historique:
revised:
03
10
2023
received:
25
05
2023
accepted:
04
10
2023
medline:
21
11
2023
pubmed:
21
11
2023
entrez:
20
11
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The study objective was to determine the effect of gentrification on the weight outcomes of New York City public school students living in public housing. In a prospective cohort of 19,022 New York City public school students in public housing followed during 2009-2017, weight outcomes of students living in public housing buildings in gentrified neighborhoods were compared to those living in consistently low-socioeconomic-status neighborhoods; assignment was quasi-random in each borough. Among the 42,182 student-year observations, gentrification did not increase weight outcomes significantly, for BMI z scores (0.037; 95% CI: -0.012 to 0.086), obesity (0.6 percentage points [pp]; 95% CI: -0.9 to 2.1), or overweight (1.3 pp; 95% CI: -0.7 to 3.2). However, heterogeneous effects by borough were found, where the gentrification in Manhattan increased students' BMI z scores by 0.19 (95% CI: 0.09-0.29), obesity by 3.4 pp (95% CI: 0.03-6.5), and overweight by 9.2 pp (95% CI: 6.3-12.1). No heterogeneity by race and ethnicity, gender, or age was found. With strong internal validity, this study shows that neighborhood gentrification differentially influenced children's health through obesity, based on borough of residence. Such findings could inform policies or interventions focused on subpopulations and geographies.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : R01DK108682
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Obesity Society.
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