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- Title
Explaining variations in obesity and inactivity between US metropolitan areas.
- Authors
Congdon, Peter
- Abstract
This paper discusses measurement of the main dimensions of the urban environment that have been proposed as relevant to explaining geographic variations in obesity and inactivity. It considers urban sprawl, food access and exercise access as latent constructs, defined by sets of observed indicators for areas. In an application to 993 US metropolitan counties, the paper shows how these latent constructs may be incorporated in an ecological (area-scale) model, which recognizes spatial aspects in the patterning of both outcomes and environmental factors. Urban sprawl and area socioeconomic status emerge from regression modelling as leading influences on obesity and inactivity.
- Subjects
UNITED States; OBESITY -- Nutritional aspects; URBAN ecology (Sociology); SOCIAL status; HUMAN geography; SEDENTARY behavior; URBAN growth
- Publication
GeoJournal, 2016, Vol 81, Issue 2, p211
- ISSN
0343-2521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10708-014-9614-2