Relationship between Urban Sprawl and Physical Activity, Obesity, and Morbidity

Ewing, Reid; Schmid, Tom; Killingsworth, Richard; Zlot, Amy; Raudenbush, Stephen W.

doi:10.4278/0890-1171-18.1.47

articleAmerican Journal of Health PromotionSep 1, 2003Closed access

Relationship between Urban Sprawl and Physical Activity, Obesity, and Morbidity

REReid Ewing TSTom Schmid RKRichard Killingsworth AZAmy Zlot SWStephen W. Raudenbush

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Abstract

Design

Cross-sectional analysis using hierarchical modeling to relate characteristics of individuals and places to levels of physical activity, obesity, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, diabetes, and coronary heart disease.

Setting

U.S. counties (448) and metropolitan areas (83). SUBJECTS: Adults (n = 206,992) from pooled 1998, 1999, and 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). MEASURES: Sprawl indices, derived with principal components analysis from census and other data, served as independent variables. Self-reported behavior and health status from BRFSS served as dependent variables.

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1,384

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Topics

Keywords

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Urban sprawl
Obesity
Environmental health
Body mass index
Medicine
Overweight
Metropolitan area

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable cities and communities

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