The relationship of the local food environment with obesity: A systematic review of methods, study quality, and results

Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1331-1344

  Cobb, Laura K ^a,b   Appel, Lawrence J ^a,b,c   Franco, Manuel ^a,d   Jones Smith, Jessica C ^a   Nur, Alana ^a   Anderson, Cheryl A M ^a,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANADA; FAST FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OBESITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ENVIRONMENT; FAST FOODS; HUMANS; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84933180855     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.21118     Document Type: Review

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