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This study examines the early impacts of a decade-long redevelopment of Jordan Downs (JD), a low-income public housing community in Watts, Los Angeles. We assessed effects on children\u2019s obesity 2\u00a0years in, when roughly one-third of the site was redeveloped with new housing and built- and social-environment improvements.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using longitudinal data on a cohort of 399 children from JD and a nearby comparison group without redevelopment, we conducted difference-in-differences analyses. Primary outcomes were overweight\/obesity, body mass index (BMI) z score, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio. Secondary outcomes included self-reported dietary, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>JD children experienced lesser increase in overweight\/obesity prevalence (14.7 percentage points [pp] lesser; 95% CI: 4.4\u201325.1), BMI z score (0.15 lesser; 95% CI: 0.02\u20130.32), waist circumference (5% less; 95% CI: 1%-9%) and waist-to-height ratio (3.9% less; 95% CI: 0.1\u20137.7) than the comparison group. JD children consumed fewer sugar-sweetened beverages (1.13 fewer times per day; 95% CI: 0.09\u20132.17) and were more likely to be physically active in the neighborhood (18.2 pp more; 95% CI: 0.4\u201336.9) than the comparison group.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>JD redevelopment was associated with a significantly lower increase in childhood obesity prevalence within its first 2\u00a0years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2025-074254","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,3]],"date-time":"2026-04-03T00:02:56Z","timestamp":1775174576000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Public Housing Redevelopment and Childhood Obesity"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"157","author":[{"given":"Victoria","family":"Shier","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California"},{"name":"2Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elizabeth","family":"Wong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jose J.","family":"Scott","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ying","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tadeja","family":"Gracner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ashlesha","family":"Datar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026090101162752100_r1","article-title":"Childhood Obesity Facts","author":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"},{"issue":"1","key":"2026090101162752100_r2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e2023064773","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2023-064773","article-title":"The built environment and pediatric health","volume":"153","author":"Bole","year":"2024","journal-title":"Pediatrics."},{"key":"2026090101162752100_r3","volume-title":"Poverty. 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