NIDDK Central Repository - Disparities in the prevalence of obesity in Boston: results from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) survey.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1177/003335491112600512

PubMed ID

21886330

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2011

Affiliation

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Advanced Studies Program, Cambridge, MA, USA. moka@post.harvard.edu

Authors

Kawachi I, Link CL, Oka M

Studies

BACH

Citation

Oka M, Link CL, Kawachi I. Disparities in the prevalence of obesity in Boston: results from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) survey. Public Health Rep 2011 Sep-Oct;126(5):700-7.

Abstract

This study examined disparities in the prevalence of obesity to determine how future prevention and/or intervention efforts should be developed to remedy obesity.