Overweight at four years of age in a Swedish birth cohort: influence of neighbourhood-level purchasing power

• Main Authors: Josefine Roswall (Author), Gerd Almqvist-Tangen (Author), Anders Holmén (Author), Bernt Alm (Author), Stefan Bergman (Author), Jovanna Dahlgren (Author), Ulf Strömberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A number of child/parental factors have been shown to be significant predictors of childhood overweight, although a better understanding of possible contextual influences of neighbourhood-level characteristics might provide new insights leading to tailored, targeted interventions...