Individual-and school-level sociodemographic predictors of obesity among new york city public school children

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 986-994

  Rundle, Andrew ^a   Richards, Catherine ^a   Bader, Michael D M ^b   Schwartz Soicher, Ofira ^c   Lee, Karen K ^d   Quinn, James ^c   Lovasi, Gina S ^a   Weiss, Christopher ^c   Neckerman, Kathryn ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

child; obesity; overweight; physical fitness; schools

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDENT;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTHPLACE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870448557     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws187     Document Type: Article

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