Elevated body mass index and obesity among ethnically diverse adolescents

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-182

  Saab, Patrice G ^a   Fitzpatrick, Stephanie ^a   Lai, Betty ^a   McCalla, Judith R ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Health disparities; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SITTING; AGE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80053316229     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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