Physical activity resource attributes and obesity in low-income african americans

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 696-707

  McAlexander, Kristen M ^a   Banda, Jorge A ^b   McAlexander, Joshua W ^c   Lee, Rebecca E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MyGait LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; BMI; Built environment; Obesity; Physical activity resources (PARs); Public housing; SES

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MODEL; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXAS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249213998     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9385-0     Document Type: Article

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