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    Residential Segregation and Overweight/Obesity Among African-American Adults: A Critical Review

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    Corral, Irma; Landrine, Hope; Hall, Marla B.; Bess, Jukelia J.; Mills, Kevin R.; Efird, Jimmy T.
    Abstract
    The relationship between residential segregation and overweight/obesity among African-American adults remains unclear. Elucidating that relationship is relevant to efforts to prevent and to reduce racial disparities in obesity. This article provides a critical review of the 11 empirical studies of segregation and overweight/obesity among African-American adults. Results revealed that most studies did not use a valid measure of segregation, many did not use a valid measure of overweight/obesity, and many did not control for neighborhood poverty. Only four (36% of the) studies used valid measures of both segregation and overweight/obesity and also controlled for area-poverty. Those four studies suggest that segregation contributes to overweight and obesity among African-American adults, but that conclusion cannot be drawn with certainty in light of the considerable methodologic problems in this area of research. Suggestions for improving research on this topic are provided.
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     residential segregation; Blacks; African-Americans; obesity; overweight 
    Date
    2015-07
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    Corral, Irma, & Landrine, Hope, & Hall, Marla B., & Bess, Jukelia J., & Mills, Kevin R., & Efird, Jimmy T.. (July 2015). Residential Segregation and Overweight/Obesity Among African-American Adults: A Critical Review. Frontiers in Public Health, (1-6. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5807

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    Corral, Irma, and Landrine, Hope, and Hall, Marla B., and Bess, Jukelia J., and Mills, Kevin R., and Efird, Jimmy T.. "Residential Segregation and Overweight/Obesity Among African-American Adults: A Critical Review". Frontiers in Public Health. . (1-6.), July 2015. August 10, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5807.
    Chicago:
    Corral, Irma and Landrine, Hope and Hall, Marla B. and Bess, Jukelia J. and Mills, Kevin R. and Efird, Jimmy T., "Residential Segregation and Overweight/Obesity Among African-American Adults: A Critical Review," Frontiers in Public Health 3, no. (July 2015), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5807 (accessed August 10, 2022).
    AMA:
    Corral, Irma, Landrine, Hope, Hall, Marla B., Bess, Jukelia J., Mills, Kevin R., Efird, Jimmy T.. Residential Segregation and Overweight/Obesity Among African-American Adults: A Critical Review. Frontiers in Public Health. July 2015; 3() 1-6. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5807. Accessed August 10, 2022.
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