Culturally appropriate approaches are needed to reduce ethnic disparity in childhood obesity

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1664-1666

  Wang, Youfa ^a   Tussing, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NOTE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14344250854     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2004.08.035     Document Type: Article

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