Association of Neighborhood Food Environment and Physical Activity Environment With Obesity: A Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study of Fifth- to Ninth-Grade Children in Japan

• Main Authors: Kan Oishi MS (Author), Takumi Aoki PhD (Author), Tetsuo Harada PhD (Author), Chiaki Tanaka PhD (Author), Shigeho Tanaka PhD (Author), Hideki Tanaka PhD (Author), Kazuhiko Fukuda PhD (Author), Yasuko Kamikawa PhD (Author), Nobuhiro Tsuji MS (Author), Keisuke Komura PhD (Author), Shohei Kokudo PhD (Author), Noriteru Morita PhD (Author), Kazuhiro Suzuki MS (Author), Masashi Watanabe PhD (Author), Ryoji Kasanami MD (Author), Taketaka Hara PhD (Author), Ryo Miyazaki PhD (Author), Takafumi Abe PhD (Author), Koji Yamatsu PhD (Author), Daisuke Kume PhD (Author), Hidenori Asai PhD (Author), Naofumi Yamamoto PhD (Author), Taishi Tsuji PhD (Author), Kojiro Ishii PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: This study examined the relationship between neighborhood food and physical activity environment, and obesity among elementary and junior high school students in Japan. Methods: The participants were fifth- to ninth-grade children (n=7277), who were attending municipal schools in Japan. P...