The Effects of Socioeconomic, Built Environment, and Food Environment Factors on Childhood Obesity in Montclair, California

<p>This observational study examines the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), built environment, and food environment factors and childhood obesity. In this study, the participants were selected from three elementary schools located in the innercity of Montclair, California. Information about each student’s health and family income and was gathered. In addition, the number of parks, fast food restaurants, and grocery stores within the school district border lines were tallied. I also observed the quality of the parks and food sold in the markets, built environment I hypothesized that childhood obesity is associated with SES (i.e., income level and education level), the built environment (i.e., number of parks and parents/guardian’s perception of neighborhood safety), and the food environment (i.e. number of fast-food restaurants and number of grocery stores) and barriers to engaging in physical activities outside the home, all of which contribute to increasing rates of childhood obesity.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Redman, Krystal

Contributors dc:contributor

• R. Patti Herring
• Mark Ghamsary
• Hildemar Dos Santos
• Samuel Soret

• Public Health Education and Promotion
• Obesity in children -- California -- Montclair; Children -- Nutrition -- California -- Montclair; Children and the environment -- California -- Montclair; Obesity -- Child; Obesity -- California -- Montclair; Nutrition Surveys -- California -- Montclair; Environment and Public Health -- California -- Montclair; Socioeconomic Factors -- California -- Montclair; Montclair (Calif.)

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/968

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-2049