The association between the food environment and weight status among eastern North Carolina youth

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1610-1617

  Jilcott, Stephanie B ^a   Wade, Scott ^b   McGuirt, Jared T ^a   Wu, Qiang ^b   Lazorick, Suzanne ^a   Moore, Justin B ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food environment; Obesity; Rural; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 82555194278     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000668     Document Type: Article

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