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Racial differences in the built environment--body mass index relationship? A geospatial analysis of adolescents in urban neighborhoodsDustin T Duncan
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Int J Health Geogr 11:11. 2012..A secondary objective was to evaluate the sensitivity of findings to the spatial scale of analysis (i.e. 400- and 800-meter street network buffers)...- Association between neighborhood safety and overweight status among urban adolescentsDustin T Duncan
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Public Health 9:289. 2009.... 
Evaluation of the positional difference between two common geocoding methodsDustin T Duncan
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Geospat Health 5:265-73. 2011..g. with global positioning system measurement), this study suggests that Batchgeo is a good, free-of-charge option to geocode addresses...- Validation of walk score for estimating neighborhood walkability: an analysis of four US metropolitan areasDustin T Duncan
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:4160-79. 2011..As such, our study confirms and extends the generalizability of previous findings demonstrating that Walk Score is a valid measure of estimating neighborhood walkability in multiple geographic locations and at multiple spatial scales... 
Disparities in youth physical activity in the United States: 2003-2006Steven L Gortmaker
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:888-93. 2012..This study aimed to examine changes in physical activity among children and adolescents, by race/ethnicity, in the United States from 2003-2004 to 2005-2006...- Differential accuracy of physical activity self-report by body mass indexErica T Warner
Department of Epidemiology, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Health Behav 36:168-78. 2012..To examine whether agreement between self-reported and accelerometer-measured physical activity varies by BMI category in a low-income black sample... - Does perception equal reality? Weight misperception in relation to weight-related attitudes and behaviors among overweight and obese US adultsDustin T Duncan
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:20. 2011..We examined associations between weight misperception and several weight-related attitudes and behaviors among a nationally representative sample of overweight and obese US adults... - Proximity to supermarkets associated with higher body mass index among overweight and obese preschool-age childrenLauren Fiechtner
Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Boston Children s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Prev Med 56:218-21. 2013..The objective of this study is to examine associations of proximity to food establishments with body mass index (BMI) among preschool-age children... - Safe to walk? Neighborhood safety and physical activity among public housing residentsGary G Bennett
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
PLoS Med 4:1599-606; discussion 1607. 2007..In such settings, neighborhood safety may impact willingness to be regularly physically active. We examined the association of perceived neighborhood safety with pedometer-determined physical activity and physical activity self-efficacy...