title: Home and away: Area socioeconomic disadvantage and obesity risk.
abstract: Although residential context is linked to obesity risk, less is known about how the additional places where we work, shop, play, and worship may influence that risk. We employ longitudinal data from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (LAFANS) to derive time-weighted measures of exposure to home and activity space contexts to ascertain the impacts of each on obesity risk for adults. Results show that increased exposure to socioeconomic disadvantage in the residential neighborhood significantly increases obesity risk, and although activity space disadvantage does not directly influence obesity, it reduces the association between residential disadvantage and obesity. We further explore the ways in which residential and activity space disadvantages may interact to influence obesity and discuss the value of integrating personal exposure and activity space contexts to better understand how places contribute to individual health risks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Rice University, MS-28, Houston, TX 77005, USA. Electronic address: rtkimbro@rice.edu.
authors.forename: Rachel Tolbert
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Kimbro
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, 468 Park Hall, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA. Electronic address: gsharp@buffalo.edu.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Rice University, MS-28, Houston, TX 77005, USA. Electronic address: justin.denney@rice.edu.
authors.forename: Justin T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Denney
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012306:Risk; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Activity spaces; Neighborhoods; Obesity; Socioeconomic status