Obesity and hunger among Mexican-Indian migrant children on the US-Mexico border

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 740-747

  Jimenez Cruz A ^a,c   Bacardi Gascon M ^a   Spindler, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c San Diego State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hunger; Migrant children; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; HUNGER; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; HUNGER; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; VEGETABLES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0037499511     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802286     Document Type: Article

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