Cornell University, 336 Uris Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Health Place. 2019 Jul;58:102159. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102159. Epub 2019 Jul 4.
I use 28 (1986-2014) years of restricted geocoded NLSY tract-level data and find positive associations between exposure to childhood neighborhood disadvantage and adult obesity and BMI among individuals growing up and entering adulthood during the rise of obesity in the United States. Sibling fixed effects and cousin fixed effects models partially address unobserved confounding nested in the nuclear as well as extended family. Furthermore, exposure to neighborhood disadvantage in adolescence is most salient, providing insight into when policy intervention may be most effective. Results are robust to alternative specifications for neighborhood disadvantage, ages of exposure, and to alternative sampling strategies.
我使用了 28 年（1986-2014 年）的有限地理编码 NLSY 街区层面数据，发现在美国肥胖率上升期间成长并进入成年期的个体，其童年时期所处邻里环境劣势与成年后肥胖和 BMI 呈正相关。兄弟姐妹固定效应和表亲固定效应模型部分解决了嵌套在核心家庭和扩展家庭中的未观察到的混杂因素。此外，青少年时期的邻里环境劣势最为明显，这为政策干预可能最有效的时机提供了深入了解。结果对于邻里环境劣势的替代指标、暴露年龄以及替代抽样策略都是稳健的。
