'Fish out of water': a cross-sectional study on the interaction between social and neighbourhood effects on weight management behaviours

Green, MA ORCID: 0000-0002-0942-6628, Subramanian, SV, Strong, M, Cooper, CL, Loban, A and Bissell, P (2015) 'Fish out of water': a cross-sectional study on the interaction between social and neighbourhood effects on weight management behaviours. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY, 39 (3). pp. 535-541.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2014.152

Abstract

<h4>Objective</h4>To analyse whether an individual's neighbourhood influences the uptake of weight management strategies and whether there is an interaction between individual socio-economic status and neighbourhood deprivation.<h4>Methodology</h4>Data were collected from the Yorkshire Health Study (2010-2012) for 27 806 individuals on the use of the following weight management strategies: 'slimming clubs', 'healthy eating', 'increasing exercise' and 'controlling portion size'. A multi-level logistic regression was fit to analyse the use of these strategies, controlling for age, sex, body mass index, education, neighbourhood deprivation and neighbourhood population turnover (a proxy for neighbourhood social capital). A cross-level interaction term was included for education and neighbourhood deprivation. Lower Super Output Area was used as the geographical scale for the areal unit of analysis.<h4>Results</h4>Significant neighbourhood effects were observed for use of 'slimming clubs', 'healthy eating' and 'increasing exercise' as weight management strategies, independent of individual- and area-level covariates. A significant interaction between education and neighbourhood deprivation was observed across all strategies, suggesting that as an area becomes more deprived, individuals of the lowest education are more likely not to use any strategy compared with those of the highest education.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Neighbourhoods modify/amplify individual disadvantage and social inequalities, with individuals of low education disproportionally affected by deprivation. It is important to include neighbourhood-based explanations in the development of community-based policy interventions to help tackle obesity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans, Obesity, Body Mass Index, Exercise, Diet, Reducing, Prevalence, Cross-Sectional Studies, Health Behavior, Residence Characteristics, Social Environment, Socioeconomic Factors, Adolescent, Adult, Middle Aged, Educational Status, England, Female, Male
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 May 2016 10:14
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:37
DOI:	10.1038/ijo.2014.152
Open Access URL:	http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/84164/
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3001107