Physical environmental correlates of childhood obesity: A systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 393-402

  Dunton, G F ^a,b   Kaplan, J ^a   Wolch, J ^b   Jerrett, M ^c   Reynolds, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Environment; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCINFO; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBURBAN AREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 67651151341     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00572.x     Document Type: Review

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