Lifecourse approach to racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-82

  Dixon, Brittany ^a   Peña, Michelle Marie ^a   Taveras, Elsie M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862240429     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.111.000919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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