Prevalence of obesity and correlates of body mass index among hispanics living in a new settlement area: Implications for intervention development

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1163-1170

  Chavez Martinez, America ^a   Cason, Katherine L ^b   Williams, Joel E ^b   Nieto Montenegro, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Servicios de Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición SdeRL MI   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Ethnicity; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863275168     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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