Weighing the importance of neighbourhood: A multilevel exploration of the determinants of overweight and obesity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 593-600

  Harrington, Daniel W ^a   Elliott, Susan J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Determinants of health; Gender; Multilevel modeling; Neighbourhood; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CENSUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; MODELING; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ONTARIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 59649105968     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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