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

dc.contributor.authorCorral, Irma
dc.contributor.authorLandrine, Hope
dc.contributor.authorHall, Marla B.
dc.contributor.authorBess, Jukelia J.
dc.contributor.authorMills, Kevin R.
dc.contributor.authorEfird, Jimmy T.
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-28T14:20:55Z
dc.date.available2016-06-28T14:20:55Z
dc.date.issued2015-07
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Public Health; 3: p. 1-6en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpubh.2015.00169
dc.identifier.issn2296-2565
dc.identifier.pmidpmc4489328en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/5807
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4489328/en_US
dc.subjectresidential segregationen_US
dc.subjectBlacksen_US
dc.subjectAfrican-Americansen_US
dc.subjectobesityen_US
dc.subjectoverweighten_US
dc.titleResidential Segregation and Overweight/Obesity Among African-American Adults: A Critical Reviewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ecu.journal.nameFrontiers in Public Healthen_US
ecu.journal.pages1-6en_US
ecu.journal.volume3en_US

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