Declining trends and widening disparities in overweight and obesity prevalence among Massachusetts public school districts, 2009-2014

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2015, Pages e76-e82

  Li, Wenjun ^a   Buszkiewicz, James H ^b   Leibowitz, Robert B ^b   Gapinski, Mary Ann ^b   Nasuti, Laura J ^b   Land, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84941355967     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302807     Document Type: Review

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