The shape of things to come? Obesity prevalence among foreign-born vs. US-born Mexican youth in California

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Buttenheim, Alison M ^a   Pebley, Anne R ^b   Hsih, Katie ^c   Chung, Chang Y ^d   Goldman, Noreen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Children; Hispanic and Latino; Immigrant populations; Obesity; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENCE; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MEXICAN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872422480     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.10.023     Document Type: Article

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