Teenage overweight and obesity: A pilot study of obesogenic and obesoprotective environments in the Czech Republic

Spilková, Jana

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“…Considering that the individual genetic and lifestyle factors attribute in part to the global increase in the prevalence of obesity and overweight in recent years, the multifactorial nature of overweight has attracted much attention to researching on modifiable environmental characteristics [ 10 , 11 ]. Living environmental factors influence students’ life behaviours and affect their energy intake and consumption, leading to different health outcomes.…”

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The association between living environmental factors and adolescents’ body weight: a cross-sectional study

Huang

Sha

et al. 2021

BMC Pediatr

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Background The effect of the living environment on public health has received increasingly scholarly attention. This study aims to explore the relationship between adolescents’ body weight and their living environmental factors. Methods This cross-sectional study comprised 1362 middle-school students from Nanjing and 826 from Changzhou in China. We further collected information on living environmental factors based on their home address and ran multivariate logistic regressions to explore potential correlations after considering a range of potential confounding factors. Results Approximately 25% (n = 303) of students from Nanjing and 26% (n = 205) of students from Changzhou were excessive body weight. In Nanjing, students’ BMI (Body Mass Index) showed a strong negative correlation with the number of sports venues in their neighborhood (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR): 0.64, 95%CI: 0.40–0.94) after controlling for other covariates. In Changzhou, we observed a positive correlation between adolescents’ body weight and the number of bus stops in their neighbourhood (AOR:1.63, 95%CI:1.11–2.38). Conclusions The living environment factors were independently associated with teenagers’ excessive body weight. We hypothesis that the environmental risk factors might be associated with political management, which will consequently affect personal health outcomes. Further research and proactive measures are required to manage those potential risks and attenuate the problem.

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The association between living environmental factors and adolescents’ body weight: a cross-sectional study

Huang

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et al. 2021

BMC Pediatr

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“…modi able environmental characteristics. 8,9 Living environmental factors in uence students' life behaviours and affect their energy intake and consumption, leading to different health outcomes. It is reported that an increased number of tness facilities were associated with a reduction in teenagers' body weight, which provided more opportunities to access to recreational facilities to increase their daily exercise.…”

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The Association Between Living Environmental Factors and Adolescents’ Body Weight

Huang

Sha

Du³

et al. 2020

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BackgroundThe effect of living environment on public health has received increasingly scholarly attention. This study aims to explore the relationship between adolescents’ body weight and their living environmental factors. MethodsThis cross-sectional study comprised 1362 middle-school students from Nanjing and 826 from Changzhou in China. We further collected information on living environmental factors based on their home address and ran a univariate logistic analysis for each variable to explore potential correlations.ResultsApproximately 25% (n=303) of students from Nanjing and 26% (n=205) of students from Changzhou were excessively overweight. In Nanjing, students’ BMI (Body Mass Index) showed a strong negative correlation with the number of sports venues in their neighbourhood (OR: 0.61, 95%CI: 0.40-0.94). In Changzhou, we observed a positive correlation between adolescents’ body weight and the number of bus stops in their neighbourhood (OR:1.53, 95%CI:1.06-2.21). ConclusionsThe living environment factors were independently associated with teenagers’ excessive body weight, and the environmental risk factors might be associated with political management. Public policies change students’ living environments, finally affecting individual behaviours and health outcomes.

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“…However, if consumed in large quantity, dietary fat may lead to different health complications such as obesity, the metabolic syndrome, cancer, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) ( 2 ) and Alzheimer’s disease ( 3 , 4 ) . As far as the incidence of obesity is concerned, the Czech Republic ranks at the fourth place in Europe ( 5 ) .…”

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The rs1527483, but not rs3212018, CD36 polymorphism associates with linoleic acid detection and obesity in Czech young adults

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Recent evidence has raised the possibility of the existence of a sixth taste modality - that is, taste for fat - which is mediated by lingual CD36 and plays a role in obesity. Consequently, the genetic polymorphism of CD36 has been shown to be associated with altered oro-sensory detection of dietary lipids. In the present study, we investigated the relationship between oro-sensory perception of linoleic acid (LA), two CD36 polymorphisms (rs1527483 and rs3212018), obesity parameters and craving habits for dietary lipids in young Czech adults. We also sequenced 5 and 6 exons of CD36 to trace out any new mutation that might be responsible for the difference in taste perception. We observed that craving for dietary lipids was correlated with anthropometric parameters (P<0·05) and LA detection threshold (P=0·033). The participants with the CC genotype of the rs1527483 polymorphism had lower BMI (P=0·011), waist circumference (P=0·005), waist:height ratio (P=0·010) and higher sensitivity for LA (P=0·037) than the participants with the CT and TT genotypes. Interestingly, we did not observe any association between the rs3212018 polymorphism and the studied parameters. Moreover, we did not observe any mutation in exons 5 and 6 of the CD36 gene in these subjects. Finally, we can state that rs1527483, but not rs3212018, is associated with high body weight in young Czech subjects.

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Teenage overweight and obesity: A pilot study of obesogenic and obesoprotective environments in the Czech Republic

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The association between living environmental factors and adolescents’ body weight: a cross-sectional study

The association between living environmental factors and adolescents’ body weight: a cross-sectional study

The Association Between Living Environmental Factors and Adolescents’ Body Weight

The rs1527483, but not rs3212018, CD36 polymorphism associates with linoleic acid detection and obesity in Czech young adults

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