Change in Obesity Prevalence across the United States Is Influenced by Recreational and Healthcare Contexts, Food Environments, and Hispanic Populations

To examine change in county-level adult obesity prevalence between 2004 and 2009 and identify associated community characteristics. Change in county-level adult (≥20 years) obesity prevalence was calculated for a 5-year period (2004-2009). Community measures of economic, healthcare, recreational, fo...

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Published in:PloS one 2016-02, Vol.11 (2), p.e0148394
Main Authors: Myers, Candice A, Slack, Tim, Martin, Corby K, Broyles, Stephanie T, Heymsfield, Steven B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Aged
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Black or African American - statistics & numerical data
Communities
Environmental education
Ethnic factors
Family Characteristics
Food
Food availability
Food security
Geography
Health aspects
Health care
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic or Latino - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Identification methods
Mathematical analysis
Medical personnel
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
People and Places
Physical activity
Physicians
Population growth
Population structure
Poverty
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Recreation
Regression analysis
Research and Analysis Methods
Residence Characteristics
Risk Factors
Social Sciences
Studies
United States - epidemiology
United States - ethnology
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Summary:To examine change in county-level adult obesity prevalence between 2004 and 2009 and identify associated community characteristics. Change in county-level adult (≥20 years) obesity prevalence was calculated for a 5-year period (2004-2009). Community measures of economic, healthcare, recreational, food environment, population structure, and education contexts were also calculated. Regression analysis was used to assess community characteristics associated (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0148394