Bimodal distribution of risk for childhood obesity in urban baja California, Mexico

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 628-638

  Wojcicki, Janet M ^a   Jimenez Cruz, Arturo ^b   Bacardi Gascon, Montserrat ^b   Schwartz, Norah ^c   Heyman, Melvin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Mexico; Obesity; SES

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84865153020     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9666-2     Document Type: Article

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