Neighbourhood food environments and body mass index among New York City adults

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 736-742

  Stark, James H ^a   Neckerman, Kathryn ^b   Lovasi, Gina S ^c   Konty, Kevin ^a   Quinn, James ^c   Arno, Peter ^d   Viola, Deborah ^d   Harris, Tiffany G ^a   Weiss, Christopher C ^e   Bader, Michael D M ^f   Rundle, Andrew ^c  

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

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH IMPACT; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885388669     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202354     Document Type: Article

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