Canaries in a coalmine: Immigration and overweight among Mexican-origin children in the US and Mexico

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-134

  Van Hook, Jennifer ^a   Baker, Elizabeth ^b   Altman, Claire E ^a   Frisco, Michelle L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Child obesity; Epidemiological paradox; Immigration; Mexican American; Mexico; Overweight; USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COAL MINE; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH RISK; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; MEXICAN; MEXICO; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855981324     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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