Contributions of built environment to childhood obesity

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-57

  Rahman, Tamanna ^a   Cushing, Rachel A ^a   Jackson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; childhood; nutrition; obesity; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 79251518630     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20235     Document Type: Article

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