Young vs. Old Population: Does Urban Environment of Skyscrapers Create Different Obesity Prevalence?

Author:

Arbel Yuval1ORCID,Arbel Yifat2,Kerner Amichai3,Kerner Miryam45

Affiliation:

1. Sir Harry Solomon School of Economics and Management, Western Galilee College, Derech Hamichlalot, Acre 2412101, Israel

2. Department of Mathematics, Bar Ilan University, 1 Max and Anna Web Street, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel

3. School of Real Estate, Netanya Academic College, 1 University Street, Netanya 4223587, Israel

4. The Ruth and Bruce Rapoport Faculty of Medicine, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, 1 Efron Street, Haifa 3525422, Israel

5. Department of Dermatology, Emek Medical Center, 21 Yitshak Rabin Boulevard, Afula 1834111, Israel

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of more densely populated urban environments proxied by the number of skyscrapers on the obesity prevalence among young vs. old populations at a US statewide level. Obesity is a global pandemic, as well as a major risk factor for a long series of health problems and increased mortality rates. We employ a quadratic model, which relaxes the a priori assumption of the monotonic rise or drop in obesity prevalence with the number of skyscrapers. The outcomes demonstrated a U-shaped curve and a sharper decrease (increase) in the projected obesity prevalence with the number of skyscrapers in the range of 0–147 (147–270) skyscrapers for the old population age cohorts above 65 years old. One possible explanation is the different motivation for physical activity among dissimilar age cohorts. While younger people are focused on maintaining a slim body shape, older people identify with the importance of sports. The public policy outcome of our study is the need to implement different recommendations in dissimilar urban environments based on age cohort stratification. Given that skyscrapers are the manifestation of wealth economics and present the typical characteristics of modern cities, which, in turn, are the future of economic development and productivity, these recommendations might prove to be important.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

General Engineering

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