Relationship between past food deprivation and current dietary practices and weight status among Cambodian refugee Women in Lowell, MA

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1930-1937

  Peterman, Jerusha Nelson ^b   Wilde, Parke E ^a   Liang, Sidney ^b   Bermudez, Odilia I ^a   Silka, Linda ^b   Rogers, Beatrice Lorge ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CAMBODIA; CATERING SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CAMBODIA; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFUGEES;

EID: 77956601178     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.175869     Document Type: Article

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