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SUBMITTER: Schroeder K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7653753 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC public health 20201110 1
<h4>Background</h4>Neighborhood poverty may increase childhood obesity risk. However, evidence for the neighborhood poverty-obesity relationship is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine how moving to a higher or lower poverty neighborhood impacts body mass index (BMI) z-score trajectories among youth, with the goal of informing policy change, interventions, and clinical practices to reduce childhood obesity.<h4>Methods</h4>Methods entailed secondary analysis of existing longitudinal ...[more]