Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 4 , Pages 325-333 , April 2007

Food and Park Environments: Neighborhood-level Risks for Childhood Obesity in East Los Angeles

  • Michele D. Kipke, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, The Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Michele D. Kipke, Saban Research Institute, Division of Research on Children, Youth, and Families, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd., MS#30, Los Angeles, CA 90027.
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  • Ellen Iverson, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, The Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Deborah Moore, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Geographic Information Science Health and Exposure Analysis Lab, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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  • Cara Booker, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, The Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Valerie Ruelas, L.C.S.W.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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  • Anne L. Peters, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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  • Francine Kaufman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Received 12 July 2006 ,Accepted 10 October 2006.

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00427-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.10.021

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 4 , Pages 325-333 , April 2007

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