Childhood Obesity and Crime

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dc.contributor.advisorBenzies, Karen
dc.contributor.authorYates, Morgan
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-05T15:45:31Z
dc.date.available2015-11-20T08:00:44Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-05
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractChildhood obesity is a significant health problem potentially influenced crime. This study employed secondary analysis of cross-sectional data using Geographic Information Systems for spatial comparison and logistic regression for statistical analysis. This was done to investigate the association between obesity, as measured by Body Mass Index of preschool children, and distance to the nearest instance of different categories of crime. Three covariates were included in the study: median family income, proportion of the population who self-identified as visible minorities, and straight-line distance from the child’s postal code to the closest park or green space. Of the eight categories of crime studied, three categories of person crime (commercial robbery, street robbery and other violence) and one category of property crime (theft of vehicle) predicted childhood obesity. This research is unique, as it separated crime into eight categories for analysis, and measured the straight-line distance to crime, rather than using neighbourhood boundaries.en_US
dc.identifier.citationYates, M. (2015). Childhood Obesity and Crime (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25318en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25318
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2603
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.facultyNursing
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectNursing
dc.subject.classificationNursingen_US
dc.subject.classificationneighbourhood safetyen_US
dc.subject.classificationWeighten_US
dc.titleChildhood Obesity and Crime
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineNursing
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Nursing (MN)
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