The association between obesity-related legislation in the United States and adolescents’ weight

IF 1.7 Q3 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Health Policy Open Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.1016/j.hpopen.2021.100056
Annita Kobes, Tina Kretschmer, Margaretha C. Timmerman
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Effective obesity prevention requires intervening at all levels of society, including the governmental level. Policy interventions at the governmental level are especially promising as they tend to involve minimal individual effort while, at the same time, reach many people. The amount of state-level obesity-related legislation in the United States has increased over the years, and several laws were installed in contexts that reach young people, such as schools. Given this increase in state-level obesity-related legislation targeting youth, we tested whether the quantity of obesity-related legislation in U.S. states was associated with adolescent BMI and overweight/obesity prevalence. Linear and multilevel analyses showed that the quantity of physical activity-related legislation was associated with lower overweight/obesity prevalence yet with very modest effect size (b = -0.002, p = .042). Our results underline the likely importance of obesity-related legislation. In addition, the value of examining both BMI and overweight/obesity prevalence when evaluating interventions is demonstrated.

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美国与肥胖有关的立法与青少年体重之间的关系
有效预防肥胖需要社会各层面的干预,包括政府层面。政府一级的政策干预尤其有希望,因为它们往往只涉及最少的个人努力,同时又能惠及许多人。近年来,美国各州与肥胖相关的立法数量有所增加,有几项法律是在涉及年轻人的环境中制定的,比如学校。鉴于针对青少年的州一级肥胖相关立法的增加,我们测试了美国各州肥胖相关立法的数量是否与青少年BMI和超重/肥胖患病率有关。线性和多水平分析显示,体育活动相关立法的数量与较低的超重/肥胖患病率相关,但效应量非常有限(b = -0.002, p = 0.042)。我们的研究结果强调了肥胖相关立法的重要性。此外,在评估干预措施时,同时检查BMI和超重/肥胖患病率的价值也得到了证明。
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