Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development

Issued Date

2023-03-30

Resource Type

Article

ISSN

00280836

eISSN

14764687

DOI

10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85151221457

Pubmed ID

36991188

Journal Title

Nature

Volume

615

Issue

7954

Start Page

874

End Page

883

Rights Holder(s)

SCOPUS

Bibliographic Citation

Nature Vol.615 No.7954 (2023) , 874-883

Suggested Citation

Mishra A., Zhou B., Rodriguez-Martinez A., Bixby H., Singleton R.K., Carrillo-Larco R.M., Sheffer K.E., Paciorek C.J., Bennett J.E., Lhoste V., Iurilli M.L.C., Di Cesare M., Bentham J., Phelps N.H., Sophiea M.K., Stevens G.A., Danaei G., Cowan M.J., Savin S., Riley L.M., Gregg E.W., Aekplakorn W., Ahmad N.A., Baker J.L., Chirita-Emandi A., Farzadfar F., Fink G., Heinen M., Ikeda N., Kengne A.P., Khang Y.H., Laatikainen T., Laxmaiah A., Ma J., Monroy-Valle M., Mridha M.K., Padez C.P., Reynolds A., Sorić M., Starc G., Wirth J.P., Abarca-Gómez L., Abdeen Z.A., Abdrakhmanova S., Ghaffar S.A., Abdul Rahim H.F., Abdurrahmonova Z., Abu-Rmeileh N.M., Garba J.A., Acosta-Cazares B., Adam I., Adamczyk M., Adams R.J., Adu-Afarwuah S., Afsana K., Afzal S., Agbor V.N., Agdeppa I.A., Aghazadeh-Attari J., Aguenaou H., Aguilar-Salinas C.A., Agyemang C., Ahmad M.H., Ahmadi A., Ahmadi N., Ahmadi N., Ahmed I., Ahmed S.H., Ahrens W., Aitmurzaeva G., Ajlouni K., Al-Hazzaa H.M., Al-Lahou B., Al-Raddadi R., Al Hourani H.M., Al Qaoud N.M., Alarouj M., AlBuhairan F., AlDhukair S., Aldwairji M.A., Alexius S., Ali M.M., Alkandari A., Alkerwi A., Alkhatib B.M., Allin K., Alvarez-Pedrerol M., Aly E., Amarapurkar D.N., Etxezarreta P.A., Amoah J., Amougou N., Amouyel P., Andersen L.B., Anderssen S.A., Androutsos O., Ängquist L., Anjana R.M., Ansari-Moghaddam A., Anufrieva E. Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development. Nature Vol.615 No.7954 (2023) , 874-883. 883. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/82139

Title

Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development

Author(s)

Mishra A.
 Zhou B.
 Rodriguez-Martinez A.
 Bixby H.
 Singleton R.K.
 Carrillo-Larco R.M.
 Sheffer K.E.
 Paciorek C.J.
 Bennett J.E.
 Lhoste V.
 Iurilli M.L.C.
 Di Cesare M.
 Bentham J.
 Phelps N.H.
 Sophiea M.K.
 Stevens G.A.
 Danaei G.
 Cowan M.J.
 Savin S.
 Riley L.M.
 Gregg E.W.
 Aekplakorn W.
 Ahmad N.A.
 Baker J.L.
 Chirita-Emandi A.
 Farzadfar F.
 Fink G.
 Heinen M.
 Ikeda N.
 Kengne A.P.
 Khang Y.H.
 Laatikainen T.
 Laxmaiah A.
 Ma J.
 Monroy-Valle M.
 Mridha M.K.
 Padez C.P.
 Reynolds A.
 Sorić M.
 Starc G.
 Wirth J.P.
 Abarca-Gómez L.
 Abdeen Z.A.
 Abdrakhmanova S.
 Ghaffar S.A.
 Abdul Rahim H.F.
 Abdurrahmonova Z.
 Abu-Rmeileh N.M.
 Garba J.A.
 Acosta-Cazares B.
 Adam I.
 Adamczyk M.
 Adams R.J.
 Adu-Afarwuah S.
 Afsana K.
 Afzal S.
 Agbor V.N.
 Agdeppa I.A.
 Aghazadeh-Attari J.
 Aguenaou H.
 Aguilar-Salinas C.A.
 Agyemang C.
 Ahmad M.H.
 Ahmadi A.
 Ahmadi N.
 Ahmadi N.
 Ahmed I.
 Ahmed S.H.
 Ahrens W.
 Aitmurzaeva G.
 Ajlouni K.
 Al-Hazzaa H.M.
 Al-Lahou B.
 Al-Raddadi R.
 Al Hourani H.M.
 Al Qaoud N.M.
 Alarouj M.
 AlBuhairan F.
 AlDhukair S.
 Aldwairji M.A.
 Alexius S.
 Ali M.M.
 Alkandari A.
 Alkerwi A.
 Alkhatib B.M.
 Allin K.
 Alvarez-Pedrerol M.
 Aly E.
 Amarapurkar D.N.
 Etxezarreta P.A.
 Amoah J.
 Amougou N.
 Amouyel P.
 Andersen L.B.
 Anderssen S.A.
 Androutsos O.
 Ängquist L.
 Anjana R.M.
 Ansari-Moghaddam A.
 Anufrieva E.

Author's Affiliation

National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
 Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana
 Éco-anthropologie
 Dasman Diabetes Institute
 Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center
 Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology
 Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
 Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
 Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
 Université de Lille
 Itä-Suomen yliopisto
 Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social
 King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
 Qatar University
 Birzeit University
 Luxembourg Institute of Health
 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
 Ghana Health Service
 Food and Nutrition Research Institute Manila
 Ministry of Health Kuwait
 The Aga Khan University
 Hashemite University
 Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
 National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics Jordan
 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
 Usmanu Danfodiyo University
 Al-Quds University
 Univerza v Ljubljani
 Københavns Universitet
 Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
 South African Medical Research Council
 Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
 University of Oxford
 University of Thessaly
 Al Qassim University
 University of California, Berkeley
 Universitat Basel
 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
 Urmia University of Medical Sciences
 Universidade de Coimbra
 Flinders University
 University of Ghana
 CHU Lille
 National Institute of Nutrition India
 University of Otago
 Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara
 Copenhagen University Hospital
 Imperial College London
 Peking University
 Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
 Mahidol University
 Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre
 Université Ibn Tofail
 University of Kent
 Universitetet i Oslo
 Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran
 BRAC University
 Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
 University of Zagreb
 Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
 Frederiksberg Hospital
 King Abdulaziz University
 Norges idrettshøgskole
 Université McGill
 Universiteit van Amsterdam
 University of Essex
 Seoul National University College of Medicine
 Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
 GroundWork
 Modeling in Health Research Center
 Yekaterinburg State Medical University
 National Center of Public Health
 RehaKlinika
 Aldara Hospital and Medical Center
 Departamento de Salud del Gobierno Vasco
 Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population
 Republican Center for Health Promotion
 Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Other Contributor(s)

Mahidol University

Abstract

Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health and well-being1–6. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million participants, to report the height and body-mass index (BMI) of children and adolescents aged 5–19 years on the basis of rural and urban place of residence in 200 countries and territories from 1990 to 2020. In 1990, children and adolescents residing in cities were taller than their rural counterparts in all but a few high-income countries. By 2020, the urban height advantage became smaller in most countries, and in many high-income western countries it reversed into a small urban-based disadvantage. The exception was for boys in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in some countries in Oceania, south Asia and the region of central Asia, Middle East and north Africa. In these countries, successive cohorts of boys from rural places either did not gain height or possibly became shorter, and hence fell further behind their urban peers. The difference between the age-standardized mean BMI of children in urban and rural areas was <1.1 kg m–2 in the vast majority of countries. Within this small range, BMI increased slightly more in cities than in rural areas, except in south Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and some countries in central and eastern Europe. Our results show that in much of the world, the growth and developmental advantages of living in cities have diminished in the twenty-first century, whereas in much of sub-Saharan Africa they have amplified.

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Multidisciplinary

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