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Inequality in the Built Environment Underlies Key Health Disparities in Physical Activity and Obesity

PEDIATRICS · 2006 · Vol. 117(2) · pp. 417–424
Penny Gordon‐LarsenMelissa C. NelsonPhil PageBarry M. Popkin

Abstract

Lower-SES and high-minority block groups had reduced access to facilities, which in turn was associated with decreased PA and increased overweight. Inequality in availability of PA facilities may contribute to ethnic and SES disparities in PA and overweight patterns.

Urban Transport and AccessibilityObesity, Physical Activity, DietNoise Effects and ManagementMedicineOverweightDemographySocioeconomic statusObesityPopulationEnvironmental healthResidenceGerontology

MeSH terms

AdolescentHumansObesityResidence CharacteristicsSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesExerciseOverweight

Funding

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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