The influence of childhood and adolescent environmental exposure to a westernized environment on the relation between body mass index and adiposity in young Asian American women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Wang, May C ^a   Crespi, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTHPLACE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WESTERN WORLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955407978     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.003475     Document Type: Article

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