A closer examination of the relationship between children's weight status and the food and physical activity environment

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 162-167

  Ohri Vachaspati, Punam ^a   Lloyd, Kristen ^b   DeLia, Derek ^b   Tulloch, David ^b   Yedidia, Michael J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Childhood obesity; Food environment; Food outlets; Geo spatial measures of proximity; Overweight; Physical activity environment; Physical activity outlets; Weight outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FOOD ENVIRONMENT; FOOD OUTLETS; GEO-SPATIAL MEASURES OF PROXIMITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OUTLETS; WEIGHT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW JERSEY; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881615523     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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