Fast-food outlets and walkability in school neighbourhoods predict fatness in boys and height in girls: A Taiwanese population study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1601-1609

  Chiang, Po Huang ^a   Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,b,c   Lee, Meei Shyuan ^b,c   Huang, Lin Yuan ^a   Chen, Hui Hsin ^a   Huang, Susana Tzy Ying ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body composition; Children; Food stores; Growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

EID: 82555168077     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001042     Document Type: Article

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