Neighborhood safety and green space as predictors of obesity among preschool children from low-income families in New York City

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 189-193

  Lovasi, Gina S ^a   Schwartz Soicher, Ofira ^b   Quinn, James W ^a   Berger, Diana K ^c   Neckerman, Kathryn M ^b   Jaslow, Risa ^d   Lee, Karen K ^e   Rundle, Andrew ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d New York City Administration for Children's Services   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adiposity; Child; Environment; Obesity; Poverty; Preschool; Residence Characteristics; Safety; Urban Population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSITY; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX (WEIGHT (KG)/HEIGHT(M)(2)); CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; GPS; NEW YORK CITY; NYC; OBESITY; PLUTO; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL; PRIMARY LAND USE TAX LOT OUTPUT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY;

EID: 84881611068     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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