Development of a national childhood obesogenic environment index in the United States: differences by region and rurality

• Main Authors: Andrew T. Kaczynski (Author), Jan M. Eberth (Author), Ellen W. Stowe (Author), Marilyn E. Wende (Author), Angela D. Liese (Author), Alexander C. McLain (Author), Charity B. Breneman (Author), Michele J. Josey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Diverse environmental factors are associated with physical activity (PA) and healthy eating (HE) among youth. However, no study has created a comprehensive obesogenic environment index for children that can be applied at a large geographic scale. The purpose of this study was to...