Associations among parent acculturation, child BMI, and child fruit and vegetable consumption in a Hispanic sample

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1023-1029

  Morello, Monica I ^a   Madanat, Hala ^a,b   Crespo, Noe C ^c   Lemus, Hector ^a   Elder, John ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Behavioral and Community Health   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Body mass index; Diet; Hispanic americans; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871948749     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9592-8     Document Type: Article

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