Pathways to obesity: Identifying local, modifiable determinants of physical activity and diet

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1882-1897

  Stafford, Mai ^a   Cummins, Steven ^b   Ellaway, Anne ^c   Sacker, Amanda ^a   Wiggins, Richard D ^d   Macintyre, Sally ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Health inequalities; Neighbourhood; Obesity; Social capital; Structural equation modelling; UK

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DIET; HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PATH ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIME; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34848851604     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.042     Document Type: Article

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