Overweight and obesity in a rural amerindian population in Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, 1968-2000

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 711-721

  Malina, Robert M ^a,e   Peña Reyes, Maria Eugenia ^b   Tan, Swee Kheng ^c   Buschang, Peter H ^d   Little, Bertis B ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SECULARISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEXICO; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34648822621     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20622     Document Type: Article

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