Neighborhood environments and obesity among Afro-Caribbean, African American, and Non-Hispanic white adults in the United States: Results from the National Survey of American Life

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Sullivan, Samaah M ^a   Brashear, Meghan M ^a   Broyles, Stephanie T ^b   Rung, Ariane L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Built environment; Diet; Ecological; Neighborhood; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CRIME; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIBRARY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; CARIBBEAN; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893649989     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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