Community energy balance: A framework for contextualizing cultural influences on high risk of obesity in ethnic minority populations

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 371-381

  Kumanyika, Shiriki ^a   Taylor, Wendell C ^b   Grier, Sonya A ^c   Lassiter, Vikki ^a   Lancaster, Kristie J ^d   Morssink, Christiaan B ^a   Renzaho, André M N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Food intake; Health inequities; Physical activity; Social context; Structural influences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868301814     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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