Overweight and weight dissatisfaction related to socio-economic position, integration and dietary indicators among South Asian immigrants in Oslo

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 695-703

  Råberg, Marte ^a   Kumar, Bernadette ^a   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^a   Wandel, Margareta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Overweight; Socio economic position; Weight dissatisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NORWAY; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OVERWEIGHT; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 77954215309     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991662     Document Type: Article

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