Is rural residency a risk factor for overweight and obesity for U.S. children?

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2348-2356

  Lutfiyya, May Nawal ^a   Lipsky, Martin S ^a   Wisdom Behounek, Jennifer ^b   Inpanbutr Martinkus, Melissa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEVISION; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEVISION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35548966609     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.278     Document Type: Article

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