Proximity of fast-food restaurants to schools and adolescent obesity

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 505-510

  Davis, Brennan ^b   Carpenter, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TEXAS;

EID: 61549088743     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.137638     Document Type: Article

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