Is participation in food and income assistance programmes associated with obesity in California adults? Results from a state-wide survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 645-652

  Leung, Cindy W ^a   Villamor, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Food insecurity; Obesity; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Supplemental Security Income

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955945965     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010002090     Document Type: Article

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