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Urban Park Development and Pediatric Obesity Rates: A Quasi-Experiment Using Electronic Health Record Data

Introduction: Childhood obesity affects ~20% of children in the United States. Environmental influences, such as parks, are linked with increased physical activity (PA). Objective: To examine whether changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) z-score were associated with construction of a new park. Methods: A...

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Autores principales: Goldsby, TaShauna U., George, Brandon J., Yeager, Valerie A., Sen, Bisakha P., Ferdinand, Alva, Sims, Devon M. T., Manzella, Bryn, Cockrell Skinner, Asheley, Allison, David B., Menachemi, Nir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4847073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27070635
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13040411

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