Relationships between neighborhoods, physical activity, and obesity: A multilevel analysis of a large Canadian city

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2093-2100

  Prince, Stephanie A ^a,b   Kristjansson, Elizabeth A ^a   Russell, Katherine ^c   Billette, Jean Michel ^d   Sawada, Michael C ^a   Ali, Amira ^c   Tremblay, Mark S ^a,b   Prud'Homme, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Ottawa Public Health   (Canada)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CRIME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NATIONAL PARK; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUMMER; URBAN POPULATION; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866743422     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.392     Document Type: Article

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