Does food vendor density mediate the association between neighborhood deprivation and BMI? A G-computation mediation analysis

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 344-352

  Tara Zhang, Y ^a   Larai, Barbara A ^a,b   Mujahid, Mahasin S ^a   Tamayo, Aracely ^a   Blanchard, Samuel D ^c   Margaret Warton, E ^d   Maggi Kelly, N ^c   Moffet, Howard H ^d   Schillinger, Dean ^e   Adler, Nancy ^e   Karter, Andrew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Community Health and Child Development   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CALIFORNIA; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAST FOOD; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84937930693     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/eDe.0000000000000271     Document Type: Article

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