County‐level socio‐environmental factors and obesity prevalence in the United States
Pedro R. V. O. Salerno,
Alice Qian,
Weichuan Dong
et al.
Abstract:AimsTo investigate high‐risk sociodemographic and environmental determinants of health (SEDH) potentially associated with adult obesity in counties in the United States using machine‐learning techniques.Materials and MethodsWe performed a cross‐sectional analysis of county‐level adult obesity prevalence (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2) in the United States using data from the Diabetes Surveillance System 2017. We harvested 49 county‐level SEDH factors that were used in a classification and regression trees (CART) m… Show more
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