Risk groups for overweight and obesity among Turkish and Moroccan migrants in The Netherlands

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 625-630

  Dijkshoorn, H ^a   Nierkens, V ^b   Nicolaou, M ^b,c  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnicity; Obesity; Overweight; Sociodemographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIGRANT WORKER; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PARITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TURKEY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43249119577     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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