Differential associations between the food environment near schools and childhood overweight across race/ethnicity, gender, and grade

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1284-1293

  Sánchez, Brisa N ^a   Sanchez Vaznaugh, Emma V ^b,c   Uscilka, Ali ^b   Baek, Jonggyu ^a   Zhang, Lindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Food environment; Health disparities; Log binomial models; Schools

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; ETIOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; GENDER; HEALTH RISK; LATINO PEOPLE; OBESITY; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTAURANTS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862505652     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr454     Document Type: Article

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