The design and validation of a spatial microsimulation model of obesogenic environments for children in Leeds, UK: SimObesity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1127-1134

  Edwards, Kimberley L ^a   Clarke, Graham P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Obesogenic environment; Small area simulations; Spatial microsimulation modelling; UK

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69849115569     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.037     Document Type: Article

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