Spatial mobility and environmental effects on obesity |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain;2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, P.O. Box 450, 01080 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain;1. Departamento de Enxeñaría de Recursos Naturais e Medioambiente, Escola de Minas, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain;2. CERENA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal;3. Defense University Center at the Naval Academy, Universidade de Vigo, Plaza de España, 36920 Marín, Spain |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, we used a randomized experiment, the Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration (MTO) study, to assess whether several environmental attributes are causes of obesity. To accomplish our objective, we linked the MTO data with several external data sources that provide information on potential determinants of obesity including food prices, restaurant and food store availability, physical activity facility availability, the prevalence of crime and population density. We find that the environmental factors we examined are unable to explain the observed decrease in obesity associated with the MTO experiment among low-income minority women. |
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| Keywords: | Obesity Environmental characteristics |
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