Rural Vs. Urban Residents and Obesity in Texas

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dc.contributor.advisorTy Borders
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPeter Hilsenrath
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKathryn Cardarelli
dc.creatorOhagi, Emeka J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T19:28:47Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T19:28:47Z
dc.date.issued2005-05-01
dc.date.submitted2013-05-17T11:36:04-07:00
dc.description.abstractOhagi, Emeka J., Rural vs. Urban Residents and Obesity in Texas. Master of Public Health (Health Informatics), May 2005, 52 pp., 3 tables, bibliography, 90 titles. Obesity in the United States has been described as an epidemic and Texas has been identified as one of the most obese states in the country. The purpose of this study is to examine obesity among Texas adults in order to determine if there are differences in obesity levels based on residence, and to explore the influence of other demographic, socioeconomic, health and behavioral factors on the distribution of obesity. Results indicate that urban and suburban dwellers are less likely than rural dwellers to be obese (adj. OR=0.64; 0.68, respectively). However, residents of frontier communities have slightly higher odds of obesity (adj. OR=1.09) than rural residents. Age was found to be an important factor in obesity. It is hoped that these and other results will facilitate appropriate channeling of public health response.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/25781
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectBehavior and Behavior Mechanisms
dc.subjectBehavior and Ethology
dc.subjectCommunity Health
dc.subjectInequality and Stratification
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectNutritional Epidemiology
dc.subjectPlace and Environment
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectRace and Ethnicity
dc.subjectSocial and Behavioral Sciences
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectTexas adults
dc.subjectdeterminants
dc.subjectdemographic
dc.subjectsocioeconomic
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectbehavioral
dc.subjectpublic health response
dc.titleRural Vs. Urban Residents and Obesity in Texas
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineHealth Management and Policy
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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