Food insecurity and body mass index: A longitudinal mixed methods study, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 2009-2013

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Cheung, Hong Chen ^a,e   Shen, Aileen ^b   Oo, Sarah ^c   Tilahun, Hailu ^d   Cohen, Marya J ^c,e   Berkowitz, Seth A ^c,e  

^a Adult Medicine Chelsea Health Care Center ^*  (United States)

^b Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84940705449     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd12.150001     Document Type: Article

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