Long-Term Food Stamp Program Participation is Differentially Related to Overweight in Young Girls and Boys

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 372-379

  Gibson, Diane ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Food stamps; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0942290534     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.2.372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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