The relationship of ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, and overweight in U.S. adolescents

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-129

  Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a   Adair, Linda S ^b   Popkin, Barry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Education; Health disparities; Income; Minority population; SES

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PARENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; PARENTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037735400     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.20     Document Type: Article

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