The Role of the Geographic Information Systems Infrastructure in Childhood Obesity Prevention

Perspective from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
By: Torio CM
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 5/1/2012

Given the geospatial factors related to childhood obesity, GIS is a “powerful tool” that can be used to develop information to aid in reversing the nation’s serious childhood obesity epidemic according to this article.

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