Acculturation and obesity among migrant populations in high income countries - A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Delavari, Maryam ^a   Sønderlund, Anders Larrabee ^b   Swinburn, Boyd ^a,c   Mellor, David ^a   Renzaho, Andre ^d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturation scale; BMI; Diet; Immigration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877291679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-458     Document Type: Review

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