Influence of race, ethnicity, and culture on childhood obesity: Implications for prevention and treatment

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2566-2577

  Caprio, Sonia ^a   Daniels, Stephen R ^b   Drewnowski, Adam ^c   Kaufman, Francine R ^d,e   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^e   Rosenbloom, Arlan L ^f   Schwimmer, Jeffrey B ^g,h  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^h RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149288268     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.398     Document Type: Article

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