A Focus Group Study of Mexican Immigrant Men's Perceptions of Weight and Lifestyle

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 490-498

  Martinez, Joseph ^a   Powell, Jamie ^b   Agne, April ^c   Scarinci, Isabel ^c   Cherrington, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Latinos; Men; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALABAMA; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84867897409     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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