Child and adolescent abuse in relation to obesity in adulthood: The black women's health study

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-253

  Boynton Jarrett, Renée ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^b   Palmer, Julie R ^b   Boggs, Deborah A ^b   Wise, Lauren A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adversity; African American; Child abuse; Obesity; Violence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864497338     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1554     Document Type: Article

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