Are social relationships a healthy influence on obesogenic behaviors among racially/ethnically diverse and socio-economically disadvantaged residents?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-74

  Tamers, Sara L ^a,b   Okechukwu, Cassandra ^a   Allen, Jennifer ^b,c   Yang, May ^d   Stoddard, Anne ^d   Tucker Seeley, Reginald ^a,b   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Low income population; Physical activity; Social support; Social ties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRIEND; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RED MEAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871976483     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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