The relative contribution of layers of the Social Ecological Model to childhood obesity

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 18; no. 11; pp. 2055 - 2066
• Main Authors: Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam, DeLia, Derek, DeWeese, Robin S, Crespo, Noe C, Todd, Michael, Yedidia, Michael J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Built environment; Child; Child, Preschool; childhood obesity; children; Children & youth; Cross-Sectional Studies; data collection; demographic statistics; Demographics; Diet; Ecological models; Economics and environment; Education; Environment; Ethnicity; etiology; Exercise; Female; Food; Gender; Hispanic Americans; Households; Humans; Logistic Models; Low income groups; Male; Obesity; Overweight; Parents; Pediatric Obesity - etiology; Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control; physical activity; prediction; Prevention; regression analysis; Research Papers; Residence Characteristics; Social Environment; sociodemographic characteristics; surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; System theory; Variables; Young Adult; United States > US; New Jersey; Social Ecological Model; Childhood obesity

The Social Ecological Model (SEM) has been used to describe the aetiology of childhood obesity and to develop a framework for prevention. The current paper applies the SEM to data collected at multiple levels, representing different layers of the SEM, and examines the unique and relative contributio...