Do neighborhood parks and playgrounds reduce childhood obesity?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-42

  Fan, Maoyong ^a   Jin, Yanhong ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood obesity; covariate matching; neighborhood amenity; park playground

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; CHILD HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 84893404982     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat047     Document Type: Article

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