Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obesity During the Transition to Adulthood: The Contingent and Nonlinear Impact of Neighborhood Disadvantage

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-66

  Nicholson, Lisa M ^a   Browning, Christopher R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Neighborhood disadvantage; Obesity; Race ethnicity; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OBESITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155189223     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9685-z     Document Type: Article

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