Urban violence as a predictor factor of obesity: longitudinal evidence from Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Bianca Mitie Onita · Universidade de São Paulo

Marcelo Batista Nery · Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

Grégore Iven Mielke · The University of Queensland

Inaian Teixeira Pignatti · Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais

Pedro Curi Hallal · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Alex Antônio Florindo · Universidade de São Paulo

Abstract

Our findings suggest that urban violence may play an important role in the causal pathway of obesity, and the importance of integrating social environmental factors into strategies for obesity prevention.

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Health disparities and outcomes Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

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Published in: BMC Public Health

Volume 25, Issue 1, pp. 3225-3225

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-24459-5

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Urban violence as a predictor factor of obesity: longitudinal evidence from Sao Paulo, Brazil

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