Understanding Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Status Disparities in Diet, Exercise, and Weight: Underlying Contextual Factors and Pathways

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1816-1819

  Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a   Popkin, Barry ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY;

BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 82455216875     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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