Association between neighborhood health behaviors and body mass index in Northern Norway: evidence from the Tromsø Study
AIM: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has risen rapidly worldwide, and the ongoing obesity pandemic is one of the most severe public health concerns in modern society. The average body mass index (BMI) of people living in Northern Norway has also steadily increased since the late 1970s. This...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10599075 2023-11-12T04:13:16+01:00 Association between neighborhood health behaviors and body mass index in Northern Norway: evidence from the Tromsø Study Sari, Emre Moilanen, Mikko Bambra, Clare Grimsgaard, Sameline Njølstad, Inger 2021-12-13 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10599075/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34903094 https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211059972 en eng SAGE Publications http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10599075/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34903094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948211059972 © Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). Scand J Public Health Arctic Health Special Issue Text 2021 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211059972 2023-10-29T01:02:11Z AIM: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has risen rapidly worldwide, and the ongoing obesity pandemic is one of the most severe public health concerns in modern society. The average body mass index (BMI) of people living in Northern Norway has also steadily increased since the late 1970s. This study aimed to understand how individuals’ health behavior is associated with the general health behavior of the people in their neighborhood. METHODS: Using the population-based Tromsø Study, we examined the life course association between average leisure time physical activity at the neighborhood level and the BMI of individuals living in the same neighborhood. We used a longitudinal dataset following 25,604 individuals living in 33 neighborhoods and performed a linear mixed-effects analysis. RESULTS: The results showed that participants living in neighborhoods whose residents were more physically active during their leisure time, were likely to have a significantly lower BMI (−0.9 kg/m², 95% CI −1.5 to −0.4). Also, individuals living in neighborhoods whose residents were doing mainly manual work, had significantly higher BMIs (0.7 kg/m², 95% CI 0.4−1.0). CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed a strong association between the average leisure time physical activity level of neighborhood residents and the higher BMI levels of residents of the same neighborhood. Text Arctic Northern Norway Tromsø PubMed Central (PMC) Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 51 7 976 985 |
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AIM: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has risen rapidly worldwide, and the ongoing obesity pandemic is one of the most severe public health concerns in modern society. The average body mass index (BMI) of people living in Northern Norway has also steadily increased since the late 1970s. This study aimed to understand how individuals’ health behavior is associated with the general health behavior of the people in their neighborhood. METHODS: Using the population-based Tromsø Study, we examined the life course association between average leisure time physical activity at the neighborhood level and the BMI of individuals living in the same neighborhood. We used a longitudinal dataset following 25,604 individuals living in 33 neighborhoods and performed a linear mixed-effects analysis. RESULTS: The results showed that participants living in neighborhoods whose residents were more physically active during their leisure time, were likely to have a significantly lower BMI (−0.9 kg/m², 95% CI −1.5 to −0.4). Also, individuals living in neighborhoods whose residents were doing mainly manual work, had significantly higher BMIs (0.7 kg/m², 95% CI 0.4−1.0). CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed a strong association between the average leisure time physical activity level of neighborhood residents and the higher BMI levels of residents of the same neighborhood. |
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Association between neighborhood health behaviors and body mass index in Northern Norway: evidence from the Tromsø Study |
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Association between neighborhood health behaviors and body mass index in Northern Norway: evidence from the Tromsø Study |
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Association between neighborhood health behaviors and body mass index in Northern Norway: evidence from the Tromsø Study |
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Association between neighborhood health behaviors and body mass index in Northern Norway: evidence from the Tromsø Study |
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association between neighborhood health behaviors and body mass index in northern norway: evidence from the tromsø study |
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