Increasing overweight and obesity erodes engagement in one's neighborhood by women, but not men

Obesity is socially stigmatized in the U.S., especially for women. Significant research has focused on the role that the social and built environments of neighborhoods play in shaping obesity. However, the role of obesity in shaping neighborhood social structure has been largely overlooked. We test...

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Main Authors: Roseanne C. Schuster, Seung Yong Han, Alexandra A. Brewis, Amber Wutich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335518300342