Food environments and childhood weight status: Effects of neighborhood median income

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 260-268

  Fiechtner, Lauren ^a,b   Sharifi, Mona ^b   Sequist, Thomas ^c   Block, Jason ^d   Duncan, Dustin T ^e   Melly, Steven J ^f   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^d   Taveras, Elsie M ^b,f  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Partners Health Care System   (United States)

^d HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84930580498     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2014.0139     Document Type: Article

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