Prevalence and Associated Factors of Overweight among Mexican-American Adolescents

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1797-1800

  Forrest, Kimberly Y Z ^a   Leeds, Marcy J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34648823087     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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