Factor Analysis Reduces Complex Measures of Nutrition Environments in US Elementary and Middle Schools into Cohesive Dimensions in the Healthy Communities Study
Author(s) -
Marisa Tsai,
Edward A. Frongillo,
Lorrene D. Ritchie,
Gail WoodwardLopez,
Lauren E. Au
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.1093/jn/nxaa450
Subject(s) - anthropometry , exploratory factor analysis , environmental health , nutrition education , waist , psychology , sample (material) , dimension (graph theory) , gerontology , medicine , developmental psychology , obesity , mathematics , psychometrics , chromatography , chemistry , pure mathematics
Although it has been recommended that schools be the hub of efforts to improve child nutrition, research describing school nutrition environments in US public schools and their associations with child health is limited.
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