Characterizing Micro-scale Disparities in Childhood Obesity: Examining the Influence of Multilevel Factors on 4-Year Changes in BMI, Healthy Eating, and Physical Activity, Among a Cohort of Children Residing in Disadvantaged Urban Enclaves

Characterizing Micro-scale Disparities in Childhood Obesity: Examining the Influence of Multilevel Factors on 4-Year Changes in BMI, Healthy Eating, and Physical Activity, Among a Cohort of Children Residing in Disadvantaged Urban Enclaves

The childhood obesity epidemic in the United States disproportionately affects minority, low-income populations. Hispanics have one of the highest childhood obesity rates, and are the fastest growing population subgroup in the country. Past research has examined disparities in the occurrence of obes...

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Main Authors: Deborah Salvo, Nalini Ranjit, Aida Nielsen, Nika Akhavan, Alexandra van den Berg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
childhood obesity
urban enclaves
BMI
healthy eating
physical activity
socio-ecologic model
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00301/full

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