Geographical Variability of the Prevalence of Obesity in Aragon (Spain) From the Perspective of the Determinants of Health

Authors

  • Carmen Bentué Martínez Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Jorge Méndez Insúa Departamento de Geografía y Ordenación del Territorio. Universidad de Zaragoza.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.40.079

Keywords:

Obesity, Determinants of health, Spatial Analysis, Geographically Weighted Regression, Aragon

Abstract

The World Health Organization considers obesity a priority public health issue and recommends addressing it with a focus on the Social Determinants of Health. The objective of this study is to assess whether there is spatial variability in the statistical association between adult obesity prevalence and socioeconomic indicators in Aragón, Spain. The methodological process involved generating a socioeconomic status indicator using Principal Component Analysis. Subsequently, associations between variables were modeled using both global and local regression models. The results reveal the existence of spatially explicit relationships between obesity prevalence and socioeconomic status, highlighting the need to prioritize interventions aimed at managing the disease in specific areas of the region.

Author Biographies

Carmen Bentué Martínez, Universidad de Zaragoza

Doctora en Ordenación del Territorio y Medio Ambiente (2025, Universidad de Zaragoza). Se desempeña como profesora e investigadora en el Departamento de Geografía y Ordenación del Territorio de la Universidad de Zaragoza. Sus publicaciones en revistas nacionales e internacionales se inscriben en la línea de Geografía de la Salud, con especial atención al análisis espacial, los SIG y los determinantes sociales de la salud.

Jorge Méndez Insúa, Departamento de Geografía y Ordenación del Territorio. Universidad de Zaragoza.

Graduado en Geografía y Ordenación del Territorio por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y titulado del Máster en Tecnologías de la Información Geográfica para la Ordenación del Territorio por la Universidad de Zaragoza. Ha orientado su formación y trabajo a la aplicación de las TIG en la planificación y ordenación del territorio.

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Foto de la posta sanitaria San Gabriel (Departamento de Lavalle, Mendoza) fotografía tomada por Carolina Beceyro, diciembre de 2004. Coordenadas aproximadas: 32°19'39.11"S y 67°55'39.31"O. La antigua posta sanitaria San Gabriel, está localizada en el desierto lavallino, a unos 128 km de la Ciudad de Mendoza. En la imagen destaca el módulo habitacional donde se realizaba la atención y, junto a este, un trolebús abandonado. La posta estuvo en funcionamiento durante algunos años a partir de la década de 1990, para atender las necesidades de la población local, de distribución dispersa, con residencia en los puestos localizados en el interior de la zona árida. Actualmente existe un nuevo establecimiento asistencial. Edición de la fotografía realizada por Camila Britos Polastri

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Bentué Martínez, C., & Méndez Insúa, J. (2025). Geographical Variability of the Prevalence of Obesity in Aragon (Spain) From the Perspective of the Determinants of Health. Boletín e studios Geográficos, (124), 126–142. https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.40.079

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