Child-specific food insecurity and overweight are not associated in a sample of 10- to 15-year-old low-income youth

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 371-378

  Gundersen, Craig ^a   Lohman, Brenda J ^a   Eisenmann, Joey C ^b   Garasky, Steven ^a   Stewart, Susan D ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 38949188275     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.2.371     Document Type: Article

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