Obesity relationships with community design, physical activity, and time spent in cars

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-96

  Frank, Lawrence D ^a   Andresen, Martin A ^a,b   Schmid, Thomas L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAR; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 3242740478     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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