Environmental correlates of adiposity in 9-10 year old children: Considering home and school neighbourhoods and routes to school

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1411-1419

  Harrison, Flo ^a   Jones, Andrew P ^a   van Sluijs, Esther M F ^b   Cassidy, Aedín ^a   Bentham, Graham ^a   Griffin, Simon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Fat mass index; Food outlets; Gender; Home neighbourhood; Obesity; Route to school; School neighbourhood; UK

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LAND USE; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RAILWAY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955521654     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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