Regional disparities in obesity prevalence in the United States: A spatial regime analysis

Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 481-487

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

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922717944     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20963     Document Type: Article

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