Acculturation, nutrition, and health disparities in Latinos

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM; PYRIDOXINE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LATINOS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955402910     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.003467     Document Type: Article

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