Lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease by family origin among children in multiethnic, low-income, urban neighborhoods

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 340-350

  O'Loughlin, Jennifer ^a,b   Paradis, Gilles ^a,b   Meshefedjian, Garbis ^b   Eppel, Ayelet ^b   Belbraouet, Slimane ^c   Gray Donard, Katherine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Children; Diet; Ethnicity; Low income; Physical activity; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAMBODIA; CANADA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LINGUISTICS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEW BRUNSWICK; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 4344670066     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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