The Obesity Epidemic: Are Minority Individuals Equally Affected?

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-317

  Calzada, Pablo J ^a   Anderson Worts, Paula ^a  

^a Nova Southeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Access and quality of health care; Etiology; Genetic makeup; Intervention strategies; Minorities; Obesity; Psychosocial; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 66149189201     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2009.01.007     Document Type: Review

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