Prevalence of obesity among children in six Chicago communities: Findings from a health survey

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-125

  Margellos Anast, Helen ^a   Shah, Ami M ^a   Whitman, Steve ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ETHNICITY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44049102227     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300204     Document Type: Article

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