Prevalence of overweight and obesity among migrants in Switzerland: Association with country of origin

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1148-1156

  Marques Vidal, Pedro ^a,b   Vollenweider, Peter ^b   Waeber, Gérard ^b   Paccaud, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Length of residence; Migrants; Obesity; Overweight; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79960144638     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000103     Document Type: Article

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