Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

The urban built environment and adult BMI, obesity, and diabetes in Latin American cities

  • Cecilia Anza-Ramirez,
  • Mariana Lazo,
  • Jessica Hanae Zafra-Tanaka,
  • Ione Avila-Palencia,
  • Usama Bilal,
  • Akram Hernández-Vásquez,
  • Carolyn Knoll,
  • Nancy Lopez-Olmedo,
  • Mónica Mazariegos,
  • Kari Moore,
  • Daniel A. Rodriguez,
  • Olga L. Sarmiento,
  • Dalia Stern,
  • Natalia Tumas,
  • J. Jaime Miranda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35648-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Latin America is the world’s most urbanized region and its heterogeneous urban development may impact chronic diseases. In this study, the authors evaluate the association of built environment characteristics with body mass index, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.