Mixed land use and walkability: Variations in land use measures and relationships with BMI, overweight, and obesity

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1130-1141

  Brown, Barbara B ^a   Yamada, Ikuho ^a   Smith, Ken R ^a,b   Zick, Cathleen D ^a   Kowaleski Jones, Lori ^b   Fan, Jessie X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Entropy scores; Land use diversity; Mixed use; Walkability

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; LAND USE; OBESITY; WALKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEALTH; WALKING;

EID: 69249222589     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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