Childhood Obesity and Neighborhood Food-Store Availability in an Inner-City Community

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 339-343

  Galvez, Maida P ^a   Hong, Lu ^a   Choi, Elizabeth ^a   Liao, Laura ^a   Godbold, James ^a   Brenner, Barbara ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood obesity; food store availability; inner city neighborhood

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTAURANTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 70149089624     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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