Influence of neighbourhood ethnic density, diet and physical activity on ethnic differences in weight status: A study of 214,807 adults in Australia

Thomas Astell-Burt, Xiaoqi Feng, Karen Croteau and Gregory S. Kolt

Social Science & Medicine, 2013, vol. 93, issue C, 70-77

Abstract: We investigated whether ethnic and country of birth differences in adult Body Mass Index (BMI) were associated with differences in diet, physical activity and ethnic density (the percentage of an ethnic group within the neighbourhood environment).

Keywords: Ethnicity; Country of birth; Ethnic density; Diet; Physical activity; Weight status; Middle-to-older age adults; The 45 and up study; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.006

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