Disparities in obesity among rural and urban residents in a health disparate region

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hill, Jennie L ^a   You, Wen ^a   Zoellner, Jamie M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Fruit and vegetable intake; Health disparities; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84907931187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1051     Document Type: Article

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