Rachel Tolbert Kimbro

Summary

Affiliation: Rice University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Race, ethnicity, and the education gradient in health
    Rachel Tolbert Kimbro
    Department of Sociology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 27:361-72. 2008
  2. ncbi Federal food policy and childhood obesity: a solution or part of the problem?
    Rachel Tolbert Kimbro
    Sociology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 29:411-8. 2010
  3. ncbi Young children in urban areas: links among neighborhood characteristics, weight status, outdoor play, and television watching
    Rachel Tolbert Kimbro
    Department of Sociology, Rice University, 6100 Main St, MS 28, Houston, TX 77005, USA
    Soc Sci Med 72:668-76. 2011

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi Race, ethnicity, and the education gradient in health
    Rachel Tolbert Kimbro
    Department of Sociology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 27:361-72. 2008
    ..We also show how the education-health relationship varies across Hispanic and Asian subgroups. We argue that any intervention for eliminating health disparities must take these patterns into account...
  2. ncbi Federal food policy and childhood obesity: a solution or part of the problem?
    Rachel Tolbert Kimbro
    Sociology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 29:411-8. 2010
    ..We also find that subsidized meals at school or day care are beneficial for children's weight status, and we argue that expanding access to subsidized meals may be the most effective tool to use in combating obesity in poor children...
  3. ncbi Young children in urban areas: links among neighborhood characteristics, weight status, outdoor play, and television watching
    Rachel Tolbert Kimbro
    Department of Sociology, Rice University, 6100 Main St, MS 28, Houston, TX 77005, USA
    Soc Sci Med 72:668-76. 2011
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