Obesity prevalence among low-income, preschool-aged children - New York City and Los Angeles County, 2003-2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 17-22

  Sekhobo, Jackson ^a   Edmunds, Lynn ^a   Whaley, Shannon ^b   Koleilat, Maria ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84872936895     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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