Walkable communities and adolescent weight

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-168

  Slater, Sandy J ^a,b   Nicholson, Lisa ^a   Chriqui, Jamie ^a,c   Barker, Dianne C ^d   Chaloupka, Frank J ^a,c   Johnston, Lloyd D ^e  

^a Institute for Health Research and Policy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Political Science ^*  (United States)

^d Barker Bi Coastal Health Consultants   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; UNITED STATES; WALKABILITY INDEX SCORE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 84872437568     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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