Spatial Patterns of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors in the Conterminous U.S.

Background The obesogenic environment is hypothesized to increase obesity risk by discouraging physical activity and limiting the availability of healthy food. Purpose This research reports the prevalence of obesity and risk factors (physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption) by creating spatially smoothed maps and analyzing local autocorrelation and aims to examine associations of obesity and risk factors at the national level....