Residential Proximity to Urban Play Spaces and Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Barcelona, Spain: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study
Sánchez-Valdivia, Nacho (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Pérez-del-Pulgar, Carmen (Friedrich-Schiller-University. Department for Political Science)
De Bont, Jeroen (Karolinska Institutet (Estocolm, Suècia). Institute of Environmental Medicine)
Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
López Gay, Antonio (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
Pistillo, Andrea (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
Triguero-Mas, Margarita (Mariana Arcaya's Research Lab, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Duarte-Salles, Talita 1985- (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)

Date:	2022
Abstract:	Findings on the relationship between play spaces and childhood overweight and obesity are mixed and scarce. This study aimed to investigate the associations between residential proximity to play spaces and the risk of childhood overweight or obesity and potential effect modifiers. This longitudinal study included children living in the city of Barcelona identified in an electronic primary healthcare record database between 2011 and 2018 (N = 75,608). Overweight and obesity were defined according to the WHO standards and we used 300 m network buffers to assess residential proximity to play spaces. We calculated the risk of developing overweight or obesity using Cox proportional hazard models. A share of 29. 4% of the study population developed overweight or obesity, but we did not find consistent associations between play space indicators and overweight or obesity. We did not find any consistent sign of effect modification by sex, and only some indications of the modifying role of area socioeconomic status and level of exposure. Although it is not possible to draw clear conclusions from our study, we call for cities to continue increasing and improving urban play spaces with an equitable, healthy, and child-friendly perspective.
Grants:	European Commission 6780334 Agencia Estatal de Investigación CEX2019-000940-M Instituto de Salud Carlos III CP21/00023
Note:	Altres ajuts: La Marató de TV3, 201621-30
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Urban health ; Built environment ; Childhood ; Overweight ; Obesity ; Body mass index ; Play space ; Playground ; Park
Published in:	International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol. 19 (2022) , ISSN 1660-4601

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192013676
PMID: 36294256

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