Department of Urban Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Sep 19;16(18):3486. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183486.
This study examines the effect of the built environment on obesity in older adults, taking into consideration gender difference. In this regard, we ask two questions: (1) How does the built environment affect obesity in older adults? (2) Is there a gender difference in the effect of the built environment? To examine the research questions, this study uses the 2015 Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey and geographically weighted regression (GWR) analysis. The empirical analyses show that environmental factors have stronger effects on local obesity rates for older men than for older women, which indicates a gender difference in obesity. Based on these findings, we suggest that public health policies for obesity should consider the built environment as well as gender difference.
本研究考察了建成环境对老年人肥胖的影响，同时考虑了性别差异。在这方面，我们提出了两个问题：（1）建成环境如何影响老年人的肥胖？（2）建成环境的影响是否存在性别差异？为了检验这些研究问题，本研究使用了 2015 年韩国国家健康和营养调查以及地理加权回归（GWR）分析。实证分析表明，环境因素对老年男性的局部肥胖率的影响大于老年女性，这表明肥胖存在性别差异。基于这些发现，我们建议肥胖的公共卫生政策应该考虑建成环境和性别差异。
