Gentrification and childhood obesity: Evidence from New York City public school students in public housing
Eric G. Zhou,
Amy Ellen Schwartz,
Brian Elbel
Abstract:ObjectiveThe study objective was to determine the effect of gentrification on the weight outcomes of New York City public school students living in public housing.MethodsIn a prospective cohort of 19,022 New York City public school students in public housing followed during 2009–2017, weight outcomes of students living in public housing buildings in gentrified neighborhoods were compared to those living in consistently low‐socioeconomic‐status neighborhoods; assignment was quasi‐random in each borough.ResultsA… Show more
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