Linkage between Neighborhood Social Cohesion and BMI of South Asians in the Masala Study

• Main Authors: Gagandeep Gill (Author), Nicola Lancki (Author), Manjit Randhawa (Author), Semran K. Mann (Author), Adam Arechiga (Author), Robin D. Smith (Author), Samuel Soret (Author), Alka M. Kanaya (Author), Namratha Kandula (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. South Asians in the United States have a high prevalence of obesity and an elevated risk for cardiometabolic diseases. Yet, little is known about how aspects of neighborhood environment influence cardiometabolic risk factors such as body mass index (BMI) in this rapidly growing populat...