The female-male disparity in obesity prevalence among black American young adults: Contributions of sociodemographic characteristics of the childhood family

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1204-1212

  Robinson, Whitney R ^a,b,c   Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a,b   Kaufman, Jay S ^a,b   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^a,b   Stevens, June ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; UNITED STATES; BIRTH ORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63649154155     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2007.25751     Document Type: Article

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