Young children in urban areas: Links among neighborhood characteristics, weight status, outdoor play, and television watching

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 668-676

  Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b,c   McLanahan, Sara ^d,e  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Princeton University ^*  (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Neighborhoods; Obesity; Physical activity; Poverty; Sedentary activity; Television; USA

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; POVERTY; TELEVISION; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952008673     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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