Occurrence and correlates of overweight and obesity among island Puerto Rican youth

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Garza, Jeremiah R ^a   Pérez, Edna Acosta ^c   Prelip, Michael ^a   McCarthy, William J ^a,b   Feldman, Jonathan M ^d   Canino, Glorisa ^c   Ortega, Alexander N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Obesity epidemiology; Overweight epidemiology; Physical activity; Prevalence; Puerto Rico epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HISPANIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053321742     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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