Effects of neighbourhood income on reported body mass index: an eight year longitudinal study of Canadian children
Open Access
- 14 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 8 (1) , 16
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-16
Abstract
This study investigates the effects of neighbourhood income on children's Body Mass Index (BMI) from childhood (ages 2–3) to early adolescence (ages 10–11) using longitudinal data.Keywords
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