Open AccessInfluences of Physical and Social Neighborhood Environments on Children's Physical Activity and Obesity
Author(s) -
Luisa Franzini,
Marc N. Elliott,
Paula Cuccaro,
Mark A. Schuster,
M. Janice Gilliland,
Jo Anne Grunbaum,
Frank A. Franklin,
Susan R. Tortolero
Publication year - 2009
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.2007.128702
Subject(s) - obesity , childhood obesity , psychological intervention , structural equation modeling , association (psychology) , psychology , environmental health , physical activity , gerontology , national health and nutrition examination survey , social environment , developmental psychology , medicine , overweight , population , physical therapy , sociology , psychiatry , social science , statistics , mathematics , psychotherapist
We investigated the association between physical and social neighborhood environments and fifth-grade students' physical activity and obesity.