Healthy-lifestyle behaviors associated with overweight and obesity in US rural children

• Main Authors: Tovar Alison (Author), Chui Kenneth (Author), Hyatt Raymond R (Author), Kuder Julia (Author), Kraak Vivica I (Author), Choumenkovitch Silvina F (Author), Hastings Alia (Author), Bloom Julia (Author), Economos Christina D (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There are disproportionately higher rates of overweight and obesity in poor rural communities but studies exploring children's health-related behaviors that may assist in designing effective interventions are limited. We examine...