Does Green Space Really Matter for Residents' Obesity? A New Perspective From Baidu Street View

Overview

Journal Front Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 2020 Aug 28

PMID 32850579

Citations 13

Authors

Yang Xiao

Yuhang Zhang

Yangyang Sun

Peihong Tao

Xiaoming Kuang

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Abstract

Despite a growing literature on the topic, the association between neighborhood greenness and body weight is inconsistent. The objective of this research is to examine the association between neighborhood greenness and residents' obesity levels in a high population density area. We accounted for three greenness features: green access, green exposure, and view-based green index. We used the novel technique of deep convolutional neural network architecture to extract eye-level information from Baidu Street View images to capture the urban vertical greenness level. The research involved a survey with 9,524 respondents from 40 communities in Shanghai. Generally, we found all aspects of horizontal greenery, vertical greenery, and proximity of green levels to be impactful on body weight; however, only the view-based green index consistently had an adverse effect on weight and obesity.

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