Open AccessBody Mass Index in Urban Canada: Neighborhood and Metropolitan Area Effects
Author(s) -
Nancy A. Ross,
Stéphane Tremblay,
Saeeda Khan,
Dan L. Crouse,
Mark S. Tremblay,
JeanMarie Berthelot
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.060954
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , body mass index , demography , urban sprawl , multilevel model , geography , gerontology , immigration , medicine , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , environmental health , population , urban planning , sociology , ecology , archaeology , pathology , machine learning , computer science , biology
We investigated the influence of neighborhood and metropolitan area characteristics on body mass index (BMI) in urban Canada in 2001.