Activity and obesity of Colombian Immigrants in Canada who use a food bank

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 681-687

  Ng, Victor ^a   Rush, Timothy J ^a   He, Meizi ^b   Irwin, Jennifer D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; COLOMBIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ONTARIO; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 36348955106     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.105.2.681-687     Document Type: Article

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