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Building obesity in Canada: understanding the individual- and neighbourhood-level determinants using a multi-level approach

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to identify heterogeneities associated with the relationships between the body mass index (BMI) and individual as well as socio-environmental correlates at the individual- and area-levels. The data sources used were: (i) the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey; (ii) the 2001 Canadian Census; and (iii) the Enhanced Points of Interest (EPOI) database from the Desktop Mapping Technologies Inc. Participants were …

Authors

Pouliou T; Elliott SJ; Paez A; Newbold KB

Journal

Geospatial Health, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 45–55

Publisher

PAGEPress Publications

Publication Date

November 2014

DOI

10.4081/gh.2014.5

ISSN

1827-1987