The geographic concentration of us adult obesity prevalence and associated social, economic, and environmental factors

Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 868-874

  Slack, Tim ^a   Myers, Candice A ^b   Martin, Corby K ^b   Heymsfield, Steven B ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE HEADED FAMILY; FOOD ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NATURAL AMENITY; NEGRO; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN NUMBER; POPULATION SIZE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIETY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893183802     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20502     Document Type: Article

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