Relationship between Perceptions about Neighborhood Environment and Prevalent Obesity: Data from the Dallas Heart Study

Although psychosocial stress can result in adverse health outcomes, little is known about how perceptions of neighborhood conditions, a measure of environment‐derived stress, may impact obesity. The association between perceptions of neighborhood environment and obesity (defined as body mass index [BMI] ≥ 30 kg/m2) among 5,907 participants in the Dallas Heart Study, a multi‐ethnic, probability‐based sample of Dallas County residents was examined.

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