Neighborhood Environment and Urban Schoolchildren's Risk for Being Overweight
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Association between neighborhood safety and overweight status among urban adolescents
BACKGROUND Neighborhood safety may be an important social environmental determinant of overweight. We examined the relationship between perceived neighborhood safety and overweight status, and assessed the validity of reported neighborhood safety among a representative community sample of urban adolescents (who were racially and ethnically diverse). METHODS Data come from the 2006 Boston Yout...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Health Promotion
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0890-1171,2168-6602
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.100827-quan-285