A closer examination of the relationship between children's weight status and the food and physical activity environment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Conflicting findings on associations between food and physical activity (PA) environments and children's weight status demand attention in order to inform effective interventions. We assess relationships between the food and PA environments in inner-city neighborhoods and children's weight status and address sources of conflicting results of prior research.

Methods

Weight status of children ages 3-18 was assessed using parent-measured heights and weights. Data were collected from 702 children living in four low-income cities in New Jersey between 2009 and 2010. Proximity of a child's residence to a variety of food and PA outlets was measured in multiple ways using geo-coded data. Multivariate analyses assessed the association between measures of proximity and weig

SUBMITTER: Ohri-Vachaspati P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4794444 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature