title: Obesity in rural youth: looking beyond nutrition and physical activity.
abstract: Contributors to excessive obesity in rural youth include well-documented nutrition and physical activity behaviors. However, emerging research suggests that preventing excessive weight gain and smoking during pregnancy, teen pregnancy, and child abuse also could reduce obesity in this vulnerable population. These traditional and emerging, nontraditional factors need to be addressed within the confines of current challenges faced by rural communities. An enhanced ecological model provides a framework for combining traditional and nontraditional factors into a more comprehensive approach that addresses the complexity of the issues contributing to youth obesity.
authors: Department of Nutrition, Hospitality, and Retailing, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1240, USA. debra.reed@ttu.edu
authors: Debra B
authors: DB
authors: Reed
authors: Patti J
authors: PJ
authors: Patterson
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Wasserman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009043:Motor Activity; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D015430:Weight Gain