Trends in the associations between family income, height and body mass index in US children and adolescents: 1971-1980 and 1999-2008

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-306

  Murasko, Jason E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; children; height; income; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OBESITY; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953073306     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2010.537698     Document Type: Article

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