Inequality in the built environment underlies key health disparities in physical activity and obesity

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 417-424

  Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a   Nelson, Melissa C ^b   Page, Phil ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Environment; Environmental health; Health disparities; Population based studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644853627     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0058     Document Type: Article

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