Neighborhood food environment and obesity in community-dwelling older adults: Individual and neighborhood effects

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 924-929

  Pruchno, Rachel ^a,c   Wilson Genderson, Maureen ^b   Gupta, Adarsh K ^a  

^a UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Social and Behavioral Health Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84898604840     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301788     Document Type: Article

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