Product of our environment? Place effects on Body Mass Index

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8018583
AutoresAlan J Duncan (0000-0002-3954-3067, Curtin University), Alan Duncan (0000-0001-5145-6516), Astghik Mavisakalyan (0000-0001-5210-8820, Curtin University), Loan Vu (0000-0002-8344-2773, Curtin University), Michael Windsor (0009-0009-7462-7045, Curtin University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen388
Páginas118728-118728
Fecha de publicación2025-11-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118728
PMID41197284
OpenAlexW4415894378
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas41

An under-explored aspect of body weight is the role that location plays in its determination. To address this evidence gap, this study uses a dynamic event study framework to examine how weight changes for people who change their location and, by extension, how much of the overall variation in weight can be explained by place-based versus individual factors. We then undertake a decomposition analysis on movers and non-movers to evaluate the role of place in differences in weight between groups of areas. We also model the effects of place on common behavioural correlates of weight. Using rich longitudinal survey data from Australia, we find a significant robust place effect on weight. Our event study shows that place is responsible for 15. 5% of the weight variation. We find similarly sized place effects when comparing different groups of areas in our decomposition exercise. Finally, we show that place exerts a strong influence, of around 50% in some cases, on food consumption

Body mass index · Body weight · Decomposition · Event (particle physics) · Event data · Index (typography) · Product (mathematics) · Variation (astronomy) · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies