Differences in stature, BMI, and dietary practices between US born and newly immigrated Hmong children

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 442-450

  Franzen, Lisa ^a   Smith, Chery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Dietary acculturation; Health perceptions; Hmong children; Immigration; Stature; USA

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CULTURAL TRADITION; DIET; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IMMIGRATION; INDEX METHOD; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LAOS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CULTURE; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT PAUL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650754163     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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