Neighborhood context and racial/ethnic differences in young children's obesity: Structural barriers to interventions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-105

  Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert ^a   Denney, Justin T ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Neighborhoods; Obesity; Race ethnicity; USA

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; POVERTY; RACIAL DISPARITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILDREN; NEIGHBORHOODS; OBESITY; RACE/ETHNICITY; USA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883459280     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.032     Document Type: Article

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