Immigration and obesity among lower income blacks

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1391-1394

  Bennett, Gary G ^a,b   Wolin, Kathleen Y ^c   Askew, Sandy ^a,b   Fletcher, Robert ^d   Emmons, Karen M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Blacks; Immigrant; Nativity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEGRO; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547144790     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.166     Document Type: Article

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