Birthplace, years of residence in the United States, and obesity among Mexican-American adults

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1043-1052

  Barcenas, Carlos H ^a   Wilkinson, Anna V ^b   Strom, Sara S ^b   Cao, Yumei ^b   Saunders, Katherine C ^c   Mahabir, Somdat ^b   Hernández Valero, María A ^b   Forman, Michele R ^b,d   Spitz, Margaret R ^b   Bondy, Melissa L ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Hispanics; Public health; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; TIME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34248395127     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.537     Document Type: Article

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