Associations of Neighborhood and School Socioeconomic and Social Contexts With Body Mass Index Among Urban Preadolescent Students | Zendy

Amy CarrollScott | Zendy; Kathryn GilstadHayden | Zendy; Lisa Rosenthal | Zendy; Adam I. Eldahan | Zendy; Catherine McCaslin | Zendy; Susan M. Peters | Zendy; Jeannette R. Ickovics | Zendy

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Associations of Neighborhood and School Socioeconomic and Social Contexts With Body Mass Index Among Urban Preadolescent Students

Author(s) -

Amy CarrollScott,

Kathryn GilstadHayden,

Lisa Rosenthal,

Adam I. Eldahan,

Catherine McCaslin,

Susan M. Peters,

Jeannette R. Ickovics

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.2015.302882

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , social connectedness , body mass index , demography , multilevel model , obesity , psychology , preadolescence , gerontology , geography , medicine , developmental psychology , social psychology , sociology , population , pathology , machine learning , computer science

We examined independent and synergistic effects of school and neighborhood environments on preadolescent body mass index (BMI) to determine why obesity rates nearly double during preadolescence.

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