Area-based variations in obesity are more than a function of the food and physical activity environment: Area-based variations in obesity

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 442-463

  Oka, Masayoshi ^a   Link, Carol L ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Food environment; Multilevel analysis; Neighborhood characteristics; Obesity; Physical activity (PA) Environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878706087     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9715-5     Document Type: Article

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