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neighborhoods provide opportunities children maintain healthy weight encourage unhealthy weight gain neighborhood characteristics matter remains poorly understood investigated links neighborhood characteristics weight change summer children 12 elementary schools high proportion children lowincome families midsized city us south mixed models objective measures height weight used study participants 2770 children average age 83 range 56126 years older female children already overweight likely gain weight summer compared younger male normal weight children overweight children lived near 2 small grocery stores gained less weight overweight children lived near 0 weight change p 00468 body mass index bmi change p 00209 1 store weight change p 00136 bmi change p 00033 normal weight children living neighborhoods large multifamily buildings gained weight summer although association approached significance additional efforts understand neighborhood factors greater significance overweight compared normal weight children warranted