Mental health problems and overweight in a nationally representative sample of adolescents: Effects of race and ethnicity

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 697-702

  Belue, Rhonda ^a   Francis, Lori Ann ^a   Colaco, Brendon ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Black; Latino health; Mental health; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 61549093737     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0687     Document Type: Article

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