Acculturation and overweight-related behaviors among Hispanic immigrants to the US: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2023-2034

  Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a,b   Harris, Kathleen Mullan ^a,c   Ward, Dianne S ^b   Popkin, Barry M ^a,b  

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

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Diet; Environment context; Physical activity; Smoking; US

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; DIET; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141682156     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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