Socioeconomic and food-related physical characteristics of the neighbourhood environment are associated with body mass index

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 491-498

  Wang, May C ^a   Kim, Soowon ^b   Gonzalez, Alma A ^a   MacLeod, Kara E ^a   Winkleby, Marilyn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FOOD; HEALTH RISK; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249103297     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.051680     Document Type: Article

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