Asians and Pacific Islanders and the growing childhood obesity epidemic

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Shabbir, Sanaa ^a,b   Kwan, David ^a   Wang, May C ^b   Shih, Margaret ^a   Simon, Paul A ^a,b  

^a Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians; Childhood obesity; Ethnic groups; Obesity; Pacific Islanders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; ABORIGINE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77954069681     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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