Browsing by Author "Duncan, Dustin T."
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Characteristics of Walkable Built Environments and BMI z-Scores in Children: Evidence from a Large Electronic Health Record Database
Duncan, Dustin T.; Sharifi, Mona; Melly, Steven J.; Marshall, Richard; Sequist, Thomas D.; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L.; Taveras, Elsie M. (NLM-Export, 2014)Background: Childhood obesity remains a prominent public health problem. Walkable built environments may prevent excess weight gain. Objectives: We examined the association of walkable built environment characteristics ... -
Racial differences in the built environment—body mass index relationship? A geospatial analysis of adolescents in urban neighborhoods
Duncan, Dustin T; Castro, Marcia C.de; Gortmaker, Steven L.; Aldstadt, Jared; Melly, Steven John; Bennett, Gary G (BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Built environment features of neighborhoods may be related to obesity among adolescents and potentially related to obesity-related health disparities. The purpose of this study was to investigate spatial ...