The effects of acculturation on obesity rates in ethnic minorities in England: Evidence from the Health Survey for England

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 508-513

  Smith, Neil R ^a   Kelly, Yvonne J ^b   Nazroo, James Y ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84864561065     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr070     Document Type: Article

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