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Title: Combined measure of neighborhood food and physical activity environments and weight-related outcomes: The CARDIA study.

Authors: Meyer, Katie A; Boone-Heinonen, Janne; Duffey, Kiyah J; Rodriguez, Daniel A; Kiefe, Catarina I; Lewis, Cora E; Gordon-Larsen, Penny

Published In Health Place, (2015 May)

Abstract: Engagement in healthy lifestyle behaviors likely reflects access to a diverse and synergistic set of food and physical activity resources, yet most research examines discrete characteristics. We characterized neighborhoods with respect to their composition of features, and quantified associations with diet, physical activity (PA), body mass index (BMI), and insulin resistance (IR) in a longitudinal biracial cohort (n=4143; aged 25-37; 1992-2006). We used latent class analysis to derive population-density-specific (

PubMed ID: 25723792 Exiting the NIEHS site

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