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A multilevel analysis of race, community disadvantage, and body mass index among adults in the US

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  1. Do, D. Phuong & Finch, Brian Karl & Basurto-Davila, Ricardo & Bird, Chloe & Escarce, Jose & Lurie, Nicole, 2008. "Does place explain racial health disparities? Quantifying the contribution of residential context to the Black/white health gap in the United States," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 67(8), pages 1258-1268, October.
  2. Darshan Zala, 2013. "Challenging The Spirit Level: Is There Really a Relationship between Inequality and Obesity?," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(2), pages 232-245, June.
  3. Kelly Baek & Semran K. Mann & Qais Alemi & Akinchita Kumar & Penny Newman & Rhonda Spencer-Hwang & Susanne Montgomery, 2018. "Impact of Heart Disease Risk Factors, Respiratory Illness, Mastery, and Quality of Life on the Health Status of Individuals Living Near a Major Railyard in Southern California," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-13, December.
  4. Rachel Tolbert Kimbro & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn & Sara McLanahan, 2010. "Neighborhood Context, Poverty, and Urban Children's Outdoor Play," Working Papers 1226, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing..
  5. Antonio Boing & S. Subramanian, 2015. "The influence of area-level education on body mass index, waist circumference and obesity according to gender," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 60(6), pages 727-736, September.
  6. Yuxiang Xie & E. Xie, 2025. "Intergenerational Transmission of Opportunity Inequality in the Context of the Healthy China Initiative," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 178(2), pages 929-960, June.
  7. Mowafi, Mona & Khadr, Zeinab & Subramanian, S.V. & Bennett, Gary & Hill, Allan & Kawachi, Ichiro, 2011. "Are neighborhood education levels associated with BMI among adults in Cairo, Egypt?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 72(8), pages 1274-1283, April.
  8. Ullmann, S. Heidi & Goldman, Noreen & Pebley, Anne R., 2013. "Contextual factors and weight change over time: A comparison between U.S. Hispanics and other population sub-groups," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 40-48.
  9. Grafova, Irina B. & Freedman, Vicki A. & Lurie, Nicole & Kumar, Rizie & Rogowski, Jeannette, 2014. "The difference-in-difference method: Assessing the selection bias in the effects of neighborhood environment on health," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 13(C), pages 20-33.
  10. Glass, Thomas A. & McAtee, Matthew J., 2006. "Behavioral science at the crossroads in public health: Extending horizons, envisioning the future," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 62(7), pages 1650-1671, April.
  11. Reither, Eric N. & Hauser, Robert M. & Yang, Yang, 2009. "Do birth cohorts matter? Age-period-cohort analyses of the obesity epidemic in the United States," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 69(10), pages 1439-1448, November.
  12. Ryan Compton & Daniel Giedeman & Leslie Muller, 2018. "Racial Differentials in the Wealth Effects of the Financial Crisis and Great Recession," Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer, vol. 1(2), pages 126-141, September.
  13. Philip B Mason & Frank M. Howell & Jeremy R. Porter, 2014. "Examining Rural-Urban Obesity Trends among Youth in the U.S.: Testing the Socioeconomic Gradient Hypothesis," International Journal of Business and Social Research, MIR Center for Socio-Economic Research, vol. 4(12), pages 27-42, December.
  14. Clément, Matthieu & Levasseur, Pierre & Seetahul, Suneha & Piaser, Lucie, 2021. "Does inequality have a silver lining? Municipal income inequality and obesity in Mexico," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 272(C).
  15. Hee-Jung Jun & Mi Namgung, 2018. "Gender Difference and Spatial Heterogeneity in Local Obesity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-17, February.
  16. Gregory Pavela, 2017. "Is Childhood Socioeconomic Status Independently Associated with Adult BMI after Accounting for Adult and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(1), pages 1-22, January.
  17. Lauren P. Grant & Chris Gennings & Edmond P. Wickham & Derek Chapman & Shumei Sun & David C. Wheeler, 2018. "Modeling Pediatric Body Mass Index and Neighborhood Environment at Different Spatial Scales," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-19, March.
  18. Mohd Masood & Daniel D Reidpath, 2017. "Effect of national wealth on BMI: An analysis of 206,266 individuals in 70 low-, middle- and high-income countries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(6), pages 1-16, June.
  19. Corsi, Daniel J. & Finlay, Jocelyn E. & Subramanian, S.V., 2012. "Weight of communities: A multilevel analysis of body mass index in 32,814 neighborhoods in 57 low- to middle-income countries (LMICs)," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(2), pages 311-322.
  20. Wen, Ming & Maloney, Thomas N., 2014. "Neighborhood socioeconomic status and BMI differences by immigrant and legal status: Evidence from Utah," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 12(C), pages 120-131.
  21. Yang, Tse-Chuan & South, Scott J., 2018. "Neighborhood effects on body mass: Temporal and spatial dimensions," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 217(C), pages 45-54.
  22. Rundle, Andrew & Field, Sam & Park, Yoosun & Freeman, Lance & Weiss, Christopher C. & Neckerman, Kathryn, 2008. "Personal and neighborhood socioeconomic status and indices of neighborhood walk-ability predict body mass index in New York City," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 67(12), pages 1951-1958, December.
  23. Chang, Virginia W., 2006. "Racial residential segregation and weight status among US adults," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 63(5), pages 1289-1303, September.
  24. Rayman Mohamed, 2018. "Resident Perceptions of Neighborhood Conditions, Food Access, Transportation Usage, and Obesity in a Rapidly Changing Central City," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-14, June.
  25. Powell, Lisa M. & Wada, Roy & Krauss, Ramona C. & Wang, Youfa, 2012. "Ethnic disparities in adolescent body mass index in the United States: The role of parental socioeconomic status and economic contextual factors," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(3), pages 469-476.
  26. Wilkinson, Richard G & Pickett, Kate E., 2006. "Income inequality and population health: A review and explanation of the evidence," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 62(7), pages 1768-1784, April.
  27. Gaur, Kirti & Keshri, Kunal & Joe, William, 2013. "Does living in slums or non-slums influence women's nutritional status? Evidence from Indian mega-cities," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 137-146.
  28. Lauren Newmyer & Michelle L. Frisco, 2023. "The Relationship Between Body Weight and Primary Healthcare Visits," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 42(4), pages 1-22, August.
  29. Philip B Mason & Frank M. Howell & Jeremy R. Porter, 2014. "Examining Rural-Urban Obesity Trends among Youth in the U.S.: Testing the Socioeconomic Gradient Hypothesis," International Journal of Business and Social Research, LAR Center Press, vol. 4(12), pages 27-42, December.
  30. Matheson, Flora I. & Moineddin, Rahim & Glazier, Richard H., 2008. "The weight of place: A multilevel analysis of gender, neighborhood material deprivation, and body mass index among Canadian adults," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 66(3), pages 675-690, February.
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  32. Paraponaris, Alain & Saliba, Berengere & Ventelou, Bruno, 2005. "Obesity, weight status and employability: Empirical evidence from a French national survey," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 3(2), pages 241-258, July.
  33. Betty Bekemeier & David Grembowski & Youngran Yang & Jerald R. Herting, 2014. "Are Local Public Health Department Services Related to Racial Disparities in Mortality?," SAGE Open, , vol. 4(1), pages 21582440145, March.
  34. Burdette, Amy M. & Hill, Terrence D., 2008. "An examination of processes linking perceived neighborhood disorder and obesity," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 67(1), pages 38-46, July.
  35. Harrington, Daniel W. & Elliott, Susan J., 2009. "Weighing the importance of neighbourhood: A multilevel exploration of the determinants of overweight and obesity," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 68(4), pages 593-600, February.
  36. Kevin M. Fitzpatrick & Don Willis, 2020. "Chronic Disease, the Built Environment, and Unequal Health Risks in the 500 Largest U.S. Cities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-8, April.
  37. Inagami, Sanae & Cohen, Deborah A. & Finch, Brian K., 2007. "Non-residential neighborhood exposures suppress neighborhood effects on self-rated health," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 65(8), pages 1779-1791, October.
  38. Shervin Assari & Shanika Boyce & Mohsen Bazargan & Ron Mincy & Cleopatra H. Caldwell, 2019. "Unequal Protective Effects of Parental Educational Attainment on the Body Mass Index of Black and White Youth," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-14, September.
  39. Chen, Duan-Rung & Wen, Tzai-Hung, 2010. "Socio-spatial patterns of neighborhood effects on adult obesity in Taiwan: A multi-level model," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 70(6), pages 823-833, March.
  40. Greves Grow, H. Mollie & Cook, Andrea J. & Arterburn, David E. & Saelens, Brian E. & Drewnowski, Adam & Lozano, Paula, 2010. "Child obesity associated with social disadvantage of children's neighborhoods," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(3), pages 584-591, August.
  41. Pengxiang Zhao & Mei-Po Kwan & Suhong Zhou, 2018. "The Uncertain Geographic Context Problem in the Analysis of the Relationships between Obesity and the Built Environment in Guangzhou," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-20, February.
  42. Yu, Jiao & Cudjoe, Thomas K.M. & Mathis, Walter S. & Chen, Xi, 2025. "Uncovering the Biological Toll of Neighborhood Disorder Trajectories: New Evidence Using Machine Learning Methods and Biomarkers in Older Adults," IZA Discussion Papers 18251, IZA Network @ LISER.
  43. Austin L. Brown & Asad J. Khattak & Daniel A. Rodriguez, 2008. "Neighbourhood Types, Travel and Body Mass: A Study of New Urbanist and Suburban Neighbourhoods in the US," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 45(4), pages 963-988, April.
  44. Hajat, A. & Kaufman, J.S. & Rose, K.M. & Siddiqi, A. & Thomas, J.C., 2010. "Do the wealthy have a health advantage? Cardiovascular disease risk factors and wealth," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(11), pages 1935-1942, December.
  45. Santana, Paula & Santos, Rita & Nogueira, Helena, 2009. "The link between local environment and obesity: A multilevel analysis in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 68(4), pages 601-609, February.
  46. Brunello, Giorgio & D'Hombres, Beatrice, 2007. "Does body weight affect wages?: Evidence from Europe," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 5(1), pages 1-19, March.
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