Challenges of negotiating obesity-related findings with African migrants in Australia: Lessons learnt from the African Migrant Capacity Building and Performance Appraisal Project

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-150

  Renzaho, André M N ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body ideal; Culture; Obesity; Sub Saharan African migrant child

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049093868     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2009.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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