The role of culture in the context of school-based BMI screening

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Fitzgibbon, Marian L ^a,b   Beech, Bettina M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Latinos; Minorities; Overweight; PEN 3 model; Weight perception; Weight status

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 70349239332     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3586H     Document Type: Review

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