Walkable neighborhoods and obesity: Evaluating effects with a propensity score approach

Background: Research investigating the connection between neighborhood walkability and obesity often overlooks the issue of nonrandom residential selection. Methods: We use propensity score methods to adjust for the nonrandom selection into residential neighborhoods in this cross-sectional, observat...

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Main Authors: Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Cathleen Zick, Ken R. Smith, Barbara Brown, Heidi Hanson, Jessie Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827316301240