Volume 11 — October 16, 2014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Neighborhood Disparities in Prevalence of Childhood Obesity Among Low-Income Children Before and After Implementation of New York City Child Care Regulations
The figure is a map of New York City that shows the boroughs of the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn. Within each study borough (Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx), the District Public Health Office (DPHO) boundaries are shown as well as the expanded catchment areas for each DPHO. The map also shows the location of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics included in this study and low-income child care centers. All the child care centers and the majority of WIC clinics are clustered within the catchment areas of the DPHOs, referred to as the “high-risk neighborhoods.” The rest of the WIC clinics are scattered throughout each borough outside the high-risk neighborhoods, referred to as “low-risk neighborhoods.”
Figure. Child care centers and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics in high-risk and low-risk neighborhoods of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Solid and dotted lines indicate the boundaries of the New York City District Public Health Offices (DPHO) located in Central and East Harlem in Manhattan, North and Central Brooklyn, and the South Bronx.
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