Understanding childhood obesity in America: Linkages between household income, community resources, and children's behaviors

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 836-843

  Eagle, Taylor F ^a   Sheetz, Anne ^b   Gurm, Roopa ^a   Woodward, Alan C ^c   Kline Rogers, Eva ^a   Leibowitz, Robert ^b   Durussel Weston, Jean ^a   Palma Davis, Lavaughn ^a   Aaronson, Susan ^a   Fitzgerald, Catherine M ^a   Mitchell, Lindsey R ^a   Rogers, Bruce ^a   Bruenger, Patricia ^a   Skala, Katherine A ^d   Goldberg, Caren ^a   Jackson, Elizabeth A ^a   Erickson, Steven R ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Medical Society   (United States)

^d EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MASSACHUSETTS; MICHIGAN; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861309990     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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