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Do fast food restaurants surrounding schools affect childhood obesity?

In this study, we estimate the effect of fast food environment surrounding schools on childhood body mass index (BMI). We use two methods that arrive at a similar conclusion, but with different implications. Using school distance from the nearest federal highway to instrument for restaurant location...

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Autores principales: Asirvatham, Jebaraj, Thomsen, Michael R., Nayga, Rodolfo M., Goudie, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6584617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30825861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2019.01.011