Acculturation, physical activity and television viewing in Hispanic women: Findings from the 2005 California Women's Health Survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-207

  Banna, Jinan C ^a   Kaiser, Lucia L ^b   Drake, Christiana ^b   Townsend, Marilyn S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Hispanic; Latina; Physical activity; Survey; Television

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; OBESITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SMOKING; TELEVISION;

EID: 84855393297     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001273     Document Type: Article

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