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@ARTICLE{Mishra:278394,
author = {Mishra, Anu and others},
title = {{D}iminishing benefits of urban living for children and
adolescents’ growth and development},
journal = {Nature},
volume = {615},
number = {7954},
issn = {0028-0836},
address = {London [u.a.]},
publisher = {Nature Publ. Group},
reportid = {DKFZ-2023-01628},
pages = {874 - 883},
year = {2023},
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.},
cin = {C070 / C020},
ddc = {500},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C070-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)C020-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:36991188},
doi = {10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/278394},
}