This research project currently underway examines from young childhood to adolescence:

1. The contribution of neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) on child obesity.
2. The extent by which nSES explains the social disparity in obesity.
3. The mediating effects of individual obesity-related behaviors and neighborhood social environments on the association between nSES and child obesity.
4. The interacting effects of individual sociodemographic factors on the association between nSES and child obesity.

This research project informs future community planning and policy by examining the mechanisms by which nSES affects child obesity and disparities in obesity by race/ethnicity and family socioeconomic status. The research project also investigates differences in these relationships across subgroups (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, family income level), which helps elucidate the factors that contribute to health disparities and identify target populations for community interventions. 

This research project is supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R03HD101752. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.