Neighborhood built and social environment characteristics: A multilevel analysis of associations with obesity among children and their parents

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1328-1335

  Van Hulst, A ^a,b   Gauvin, L ^a,c,d   Kestens, Y ^a,c,d   Barnett, T A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d IRSPUM   (Canada)

^e Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

body mass index; built environment; familial risk; neighborhood characteristics; social environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PARENT; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885660769     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.81     Document Type: Article

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