Acculturation, weight, and weight-related behaviors among Mexican Americans in the United States

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 643-649

  Ahluwalia, Indu B ^a,b   Ford, Earl S ^a   Link, Michael ^a   Bolen, Julie C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Behavior; Mexican American; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 36348980576     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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