Personal and neighborhood socioeconomic status and indices of neighborhood walk-ability predict body mass index in New York City

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1951-1958

  Rundle, Andrew ^a   Field, Sam ^b   Park, Yoosun ^c   Freeman, Lance ^b   Weiss, Christopher C ^b   Neckerman, Kathryn ^b  

^a Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Education; Environmental factors; Exercise; Income; Neighborhood; Socioeconomic status (SES); USA; Walking

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; LAND USE; LATINO PEOPLE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; WALKING;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349133172     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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