Ecological differences in weight, length, and weight for length of mexican american children in the WIC program

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 154-167

  Reifsnider, Elizabeth ^a   Ritsema, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b San Antonio Metropolitan Health District   (United States)

Author keywords

Child overweight; Ecological factors; Ecological monitoring; Mexican American children; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; OBESITY; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 54449088329     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2008.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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