Changes in stature, weight, and nutritional status with tourism-based economic development in the Yucatan

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-158

  Leatherman, Thomas L ^a   Goodman, Alan H ^b   Stillman, Tobias ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Nutrition transition; Nutritional status; Tourism; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TOURISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77956652031     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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