Acculturation, physical activity, and obesity among Hispanic adolescents

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 509-525

  Liu, Jihong ^a   Probst, Janice C ^a   Harun, Nusrat ^a   Bennett, Kevin J ^a,b   Torres, Myriam E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Body size; Ethnicity; Immigrants; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; BODY SIZE; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY SIZE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349937869     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850902890209     Document Type: Article

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