Acculturation, dietary practices and risk for childhood obesity in an ethnically heterogeneous population of latino school children in the san francisco bay area

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 533-539

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Breakfast; Latino health; Pediatric obesity; Pediatric overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEXICO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PARENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEXICO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84865865883     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9553-7     Document Type: Article

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