Community and child energy balance: Differential associations between neighborhood environment and overweight risk by gender

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 434-445

  Kowaleski Jones, Lori ^a   Wen, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Housing conditions

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DATA; ENERGY BALANCE; GENDER; GIS; HEALTH RISK; HOUSING CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888262148     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.755153     Document Type: Article

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