The association between community-level economic hardship and childhood obesity prevalence in Los Angeles

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 411-417

  Shih, M ^a   Dumke, K A ^b   Goran, M I ^c   Simon, P A ^d  

^a Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; community; disparities; economic hardship

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMMUNITY; DISPARITIES; ECONOMIC HARDSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84890964868     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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