The relationship of internalized racism to body fat distribution and insulin resistance among African adolescent youth

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1594-1598

  Chambers, Earle C ^a,d   Tull, Eugene S ^b   Fraser, Henry S ^c   Mutunhu, Nyasha R ^b   Sobers, Natasha ^c   Niles, Elisa ^b  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; HOMA; Insulin resistance; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BARBADOS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 10344247172     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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