Price, availability, and youth obesity: evidence from Bridging the Gap.

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dc.contributor.authorChaloupka, Frank J
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Lisa M
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:04:39Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:04:39Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractAfter a decade of analyzing environmental influences on substance use and its consequences among youth in the United States, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Bridging the Gap program has begun studying the effect of environmental factors on youth physical activity, diet, and weight outcomes. Much of this research has focused on access to food, as reflected by availability and price. Program researchers have documented disparities in access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity; healthier food outlets and opportunities for physical activity are relatively less available in communities with lower income and larger proportions of racial/ethnic minority populations. They also have found that healthier environments are associated with more fruit and vegetable consumption, more physical activity, lower body mass index, and reduced likelihood of obesity among youth.
dc.description.urihttps://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2009/Jul/08_0261.htm
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/phga-qxij
dc.identifier.citationChaloupka, Frank J and Powell, Lisa M (2009) Price, availability, and youth obesity: evidence from Bridging the Gap. Preventing chronic disease, 6 (3). A93.
dc.identifier.issn1545-1151
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 3139
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23750
dc.subjectAccess To Healthy Foods
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPrenatal & Pediatric Health
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectCenters for Disease Control
dc.subjectRobert Wood Johnson Foundation
dc.subjectBridging the Gap program
dc.subjectphysical activity
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectweight outcomes
dc.subjectaccess to food
dc.subjectdisparities in access
dc.subjectobesity
dc.subjectyouth
dc.titlePrice, availability, and youth obesity: evidence from Bridging the Gap.
dc.typeArticle

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