Obesity in latin American women and children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1464-1473

  Martorell, Reynaldo ^a   Khan, Laura Kettel ^b   Hughes, Morgen L ^a   Grummer Strawn, Laurence M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Latin America and Caribbean; Mexican Americans; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031691124     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.9.1464     Document Type: Article

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