Differences in overweight and obesity among children from migrant and native origin: A systematic review of the European literature

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Labree, L J W ^a   van de Mheen, H ^b,c   Rutten, F F H ^a   Foets, M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child health; Obesity; Overweight; Transients and migrants

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; HUMAN; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79954996170     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00839.x     Document Type: Review

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