Physical activity and overweight among adolescents on the Texas-Mexico border

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 244-252

  Pérez, Adriana ^a,b   Reininger, Belinda M ^a,c   Flores, María Isabel Aguirre ^b   Sanderson, Maureen ^a,c   Roberts, Robert E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b SPH Building ^*

^c Hispanic Health Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Mexican Americans; Mexico; Obesity; Overweight; Physical fitness; Texas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEAM SPORT; UNITED STATES; AGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HISPANIC; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MATAMOROS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE VALLEY; TAMAULIPAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 33745255325     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892006000400004     Document Type: Article

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