December 01, 2008
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
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35 vol.
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no. 6
, pages 547–553
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7 pp.
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The American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research
—Available studies of the built environment and the BMI of children and youth suggest a contemporaneous association with neighborhood greenness in neighborhoods with high population density. The current study tests whether greenness and residential density are independently associated with 2-year changes in the BMI of children and youth.
Keywords: population density, greenness and residential density, BMI, preventing child obesity, physical activity