Open AccessDeclining Trends and Widening Disparities in Overweight and Obesity Prevalence Among Massachusetts Public School Districts, 2009–2014
Author(s) -
Wenjun Li,
James Buszkiewicz,
Robert Leibowitz,
Mary Ann Gapinski,
Laura Nasuti,
Thomas Land
Publication year - 2015
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.2015.302807
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , socioeconomic status , public health , body mass index , disadvantaged , demography , environmental health , childhood obesity , gerontology , health equity , population , economic growth , nursing , pathology , sociology , economics
We evaluated the overall and sociodemographic disparities in trends in prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Massachusetts public school districts between 2009 and 2014.