Investigating dietary acculturation and intake among US-born and Thailand/Laos-born Hmong-American children aged 9-18 years

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-185

  Mulasi Pokhriyal, Urvashi ^a   Smith, Chery ^a   Franzen Castle, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

24 h recall methodology; Cultural eating behaviour; Dietary acculturation; Hmong American diets

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAOS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SODIUM INTAKE; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MINNESOTA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SODIUM, DIETARY; THAILAND;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84863123908     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001649     Document Type: Article

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