Neighborhood influences on girls’ obesity risk across the transition to adolescence

Hoyt, L. T., Kushi, L. H., Leung, C. W., Nickleach, D. C., Adler, N., Laraia, B. A., Hiatt, R. A., & Yen, I. H. (2014). Neighborhood influences on girls’ obesity risk across the transition to adolescence. Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 134(5), 942-949.

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The neighborhoods in which children live, play, and eat provide an environmental context that may influence obesity risk and ameliorate or exacerbate health disparities. The current study examines whether neighborhood characteristics predict obesity in a prospective cohort of girls.
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