Patterns of Obesogenic Neighborhood Features and Adolescent Weight
American Journal of Preventive MedicinePublished 17 April 2012Open access
Melanie M. Wall, Nicole Larson, Ann Forsyth, David Van Riper, Dan J. Graham, Mary Story
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The mix of neighborhood-level barriers and facilitators of weight-related health behaviors leads to difficulties disentangling their associations with adolescent obesity; however, statistical approaches including factor and latent class analysis may provide useful means for addressing this complexity.
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The mix of neighborhood-level barriers and facilitators of weight-related health behaviors leads to difficulties disentangling their associations with adolescent obesity; however, statistical approaches including factor and latent class analysis may provide useful means for addressing this complexity.
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