Racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity: The role of school segregation.
Nuha MahmoodEmma V Sanchez-VaznaughMika MatsuzakiBrisa N SánchezPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2022)
School-level racial segregation is a salient contributor to racial/ethnic childhood obesity disparities. Reducing obesity disparities may be particularly effective if place-level interventions target socioeconomically disadvantaged integrated schools and segregated schools attended primarily by children of color.