Association between competitive food and beverage policies in elementary schools and childhood overweight/obesity trends differences by neighborhood socioeconomic resources

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Sanchez Vaznaugh, Emma V ^a,d   Sánchez, Brisa N ^b   Crawford, Patricia B ^c   Egerter, Susan ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; BEVERAGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

BEVERAGES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84930712241     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0781     Document Type: Article

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