Arab American college students' physical activity and body composition: Reconciling middle east-west differences using the socioecological model

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-128

  Kahan, David ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnic minority; Health behavior; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ARABS; ATTITUDE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; CALIFORNIA; CULTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957473521     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2011.10599728     Document Type: Article

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