Neighborhood racial composition and poverty in association with pre-pregnancy weight and gestational weight gain

• Main Authors: Dara D. Mendez (Author), Roland J. Thorpe (Author), Ndidi Amutah (Author), Esa M. Davis (Author), Renee E. Walker (Author), Theresa Chapple-McGruder (Author), Lisa Bodnar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Studies of neighborhood racial composition or neighborhood poverty in association with pregnancy-related weight are limited. Prior studies of neighborhood racial density and poverty has been in association with adverse birth outcomes and suggest that neighborhoods with high rates of pove...