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ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2025

Social and Environmental Correlates of Childhood Obesity Among Southern California Communities.

Alexandra Descarpentrie, Joseph C Cleveland, Vishal Midya, Juan Espinoza, Jonatan Ottino-Gonzalez, Shana Adise, Tanya L Alderete, Michael I Goran

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Alexandra DescarpentrieDepartment of Pediatrics, Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2666-5380
Joseph C ClevelandUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Vishal MidyaDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Juan EspinozaStanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jonatan Ottino-GonzalezDepartment of Pediatrics, Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2910-9926
Shana AdiseDepartment of Pediatrics, Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7225-7724
Tanya L AldereteDepartment of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Michael I GoranDepartment of Pediatrics, Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6897-6961

Funding

Southern California Center for Chronic Health Disparities in Latino Children and Families.P50MD017344 · NIMHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES · PI BOUTELLE, KERRI N · 2021 to 2025
$27.8M
Neurodevelopment of executive function, appetite regulation, and obesity in children and adolescentsK01DK135847 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Shana Adise · 2023 to 2026
$603k
NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK135847NIMHD NIH HHS P50 MD017344
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study aimed to identify key childhood obesity correlates in Southern California by analyzing individual components from four social determinants of health (SDoH) indices and explore their interactions.

methodsWe utilized publicly available data from 330 cities across 10 counties, incorporating childhood obesity rates from the 2019 California Department of Education Physical Fitness Test (684,419 children, 40% Latino). Fifty-two individual SDoH were obtained from the Healthy Places Index, Social Vulnerability Index, CalEnviroScreen, and Child Opportunity Index (2015-2019). Weighted quantile sum regression and an interpretable machine-learning tool were used to identify which individual SDoH were significantly associated with childhood obesity.

resultsWe identified a SDoH mixture associated with increased percentile of childhood obesity (β [95% CI]: 10.1 [8.1, 12.1]). Fourteen factors significantly contributed, with the top six being school poverty, minority status, asthma emergency room visits, public assistance rates, hazardous waste sites, and lead exposure from housing. We also found positive associations between Latino percentage and key correlates. Cities with high school poverty and low-income housing burdens had higher obesity rates.

conclusionsThis analysis moved beyond composite indices to examine specific SDoH observed alongside childhood obesity in Southern California, drawing attention to dimensions related to school, healthcare, social services, and environmental exposures.

Indexed as

Pediatric ObesitySocial Determinants of HealthAdolescentCaliforniaChildFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansMalePovertySocioeconomic FactorsWhitechildhooddeterminantsinteractionsmixtureobesitysocialSouthern California

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PMID40923624
PMCPMC12507342

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