@article {4438, title = {The economic crisis impact on the body mass index of children living in distinct urban environments}, journal = {Public Health}, volume = {196}, year = {2021}, note = {Pereira, Margarida
Nogueira, Helena
Gama, Augusta
Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides
Rosado-Marques, Vitor
G Silva, Maria-Raquel
Padez, Cristina
eng
Netherlands
2021/06/18
Public Health. 2021 Jul;196:29-34. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.04.030. Epub 2021 Jun 16.}, month = {Jul}, pages = {29-34}, edition = {20210616}, abstract = {OBJECTIVES: Little is known about the impact of the 2008 global economic recession on childhood obesity in Portugal. Thus, this study{\textquoteright}s goals were to compare weight status of children during and after the economic crisis according to their neighbourhood environment features and to assess changes in specific dietary habits during the economic crisis. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. METHODS: Data including weight, height, residence address to allow its geocoding and dietary habits changes during the crisis from children living in Lisbon municipality were collected in 2009 (N = 929) and in 2016 (N = 1751). A multidimensional environment index, with data of both built and socioeconomic nature collected at the statistical section level (areas comprised 300 dwellers) in the 2011 census, was used to characterize neighbourhoods. RESULTS: Overall, the proportion of children who are overweight or obese living in the socioeconomically vulnerable areas decreased in 2016. Families living in the latter areas stopped buying some food items, started to buy cheaper food items, cooked more meals at home and ate less in restaurants. In 2016, the risk for overweight and obesity increased in children who lived in the least advantageous areas. Living in areas with high socioeconomic status or most advantageous areas no longer represented a decreased risk of being overweight or obese in children in 2016 as it did in 2009. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that the economic crisis enhanced the social inequalities regarding childhood obesity. These results aid the development of evidence-based strategies to lessen the social inequities in health outcomes created by the crisis.}, keywords = {*Economic Recession, *Pediatric Obesity/epidemiology, Body Mass Index, Child, Childhood obesity, Cross-Sectional Studies, Global economic crisis, Humans, Multidimensional environment index, Residence Characteristics, Socioeconomic Factors}, isbn = {1476-5616 (Electronic)
0033-3506 (Linking)}, author = {Pereira, M. and Nogueira, H. and Gama, A. and Machado-Rodrigues, A. and Rosado-Marques, V. and Silva, M. R. and Padez, C.} } @article {4427, title = {Perceived neighbourhood environmental characteristics and physical activity according to socioeconomic status in adolescent girls}, journal = {Ann Hum Biol}, volume = {38}, number = {1}, year = {2011}, note = {Mota, Jorge
Santos, Rute
Pereira, Margarida
Teixeira, Laetitia
Santos, Maria Paula
eng
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t
England
2010/06/10
Ann Hum Biol. 2011 Jan;38(1):1-6. doi: 10.3109/03014460.2010.486769. Epub 2010 Jun 9.}, month = {Jan}, pages = {1-6}, edition = {20100609}, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to analyse the associations between physical activity (PA) and several characteristics of the built environment with socioeconomic status (SES) in adolescent girls. METHODS: The sample comprised 599 girls (mean age 14.7, SD = 1.6 years) living in the Aveiro Region of Portugal. Questionnaires were used to describe physical activity level and perceived neighbourhood environments. SES was established by maternal education level. Girls were grouped into low, middle or high SES group. RESULTS: Logistic regression analysis showed that girls assigned to the higher SES group were more likely (OR = 2.4; 95\%CI = 1.3-4.5) to belong to the active group than their low SES peers. Girls in high (OR = 2.4; 95\%CC = 1.3-4.4) and medium (OR = 1.6; 95\%CC = 1.14-2.3) SES groups were more likely to have a higher perception of better aesthetics in their neighbourhoods than their low SES peers and higher SES was also associated with better perception of a street connectivity (OR = 2.9; 95\%CI = 1.7-5.4). CONCLUSION: The study showed that girls of higher SES are more active than those of lower SES and that social background might be associated with differences in neighbourhood environmental perceptions.}, keywords = {*Motor Activity, *Residence Characteristics, *Social Class, *Social Environment, Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Educational Status, Environment, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Portugal, Socioeconomic Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires}, isbn = {1464-5033 (Electronic)
0301-4460 (Linking)}, author = {Mota, J. and Santos, R. and Pereira, M. and Teixeira, L. and Santos, M. P.} }