Obesity and related risk factors among low socio-economic status minority students in Chicago

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 927-938

  Wang, Youfa ^a   Liang, Huifang ^b   Tussing, Lisa ^b   Braunschweig, Carol ^b   Caballero, Benjamin ^a   Flay, Brian ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African American; Diet; Overweight; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FRYING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDENT; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 34547769388     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007658005     Document Type: Article

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