Over and undernutrition in the children of Australian immigrants: Assessing the influence of birthplace of primary carer and English language use at home on the nutritional status of 4-5-year-olds

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Renzaho, André M N ^a   Oldroyd, J ^b   Burns, C ^a   Waters, E ^c   Riggs, E ^c   Renzaho, C ^d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Grimshaw Street Clinic ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Birthplace; Ethnicity; Language; Migrants; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRELAND; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; ETHNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIGRATION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 67649085976     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160802264507     Document Type: Article

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