Association between the food retail environment surrounding schools and overweight in Canadian youth

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1384-1391

  Seliske, Laura M ^a   Pickett, William ^a   Boyce, William F ^a   Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Food retailers; Overweight; Residence characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 69749113612     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008004084     Document Type: Article

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