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
Affiliations
- Cecilia Anza-Ramirez
- CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
- Mariana Lazo
- Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
- Jessica Hanae Zafra-Tanaka
- CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
- Ione Avila-Palencia
- Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
- Usama Bilal
- Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
- Akram Hernández-Vásquez
- CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
- Carolyn Knoll
- Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
- Nancy Lopez-Olmedo
- Center for Population and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health
- Mónica Mazariegos
- INCAP Research Center for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases (CIIPEC), Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP)
- Kari Moore
- Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
- Daniel A. Rodriguez
- Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California
- Olga L. Sarmiento
- School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes
- Dalia Stern
- CONACyT- Center for Population and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health
- Natalia Tumas
- Department of Political and Social Sciences, Research Group on Health Inequalities, Environment, Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (GREDS-EMCONET), Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- J. Jaime Miranda
- CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35648-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
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.
