Multilevel analysis of BMI growth trajectories of US school children: Features and risk factors

Childhood obesity continues to be a major focus of public health efforts in the United States, where nearly 17% of children are obese. In this study, we focused on two significant features that characterize U.S. society—school mobility and a single-parent family structure—and how they relate to chil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maria Stack Hankey, Yasuo Miyazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827318302325