Prevalence of overweight and hunger among Mexican children from migrant parents

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-88

  Jiménez Cruz, Arturo ^a   Bacardi Gascon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Childhood obesity; Hunger; Mexican migrants; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUNGER; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; MEXICO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847414544     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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