Social determinants of disparities in weight among US children and adolescents

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 705-713.e2

  Rossen, Lauren M ^a   Talih, Makram ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Health status disparities; Multilevel analysis; Obesity; Propensity score; Residence characteristics; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT VARIATION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926316153     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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