Misperceptions, inactivity and maternal factors may drive obesity among Barbadian adolescents

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Gaskin, Pamela S ^a   Broome, Hedy ^b   Alert, Colin ^b   Fraser, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Tropical Medicine Research Institute   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Adolescent obesity; African origin population; Body mass index; Cut off points

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BARBADOS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 36848999848     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000195     Document Type: Article

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