Effects of school neighborhood food environments on childhood obesity at multiple scales: a longitudinal kindergarten cohort study in the USA

Effects of school neighborhood food environments on childhood obesity at multiple scales: a longitudinal kindergarten cohort study in the USA

Abstract Background School neighborhood food environment is recognized as an important contributor to childhood obesity; however, large-scale and longitudinal studies remain limited. This study aimed to examine this association and its variation across gender and urbanicity at multiple geographic sc...

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Main Authors: Peng Jia, Hong Xue, Xi Cheng, Youfa Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Body mass index
Obesity
Overweight
Children
School neighborhood
Food environment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-019-1329-2

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