Sugar, stress, and the supplemental nutrition assistance program: Early childhood obesity risks among a clinic-based sample of low-income hispanics

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 513-520

  Watt, Toni Terling ^a   Appel, Louis ^b   Roberts, Kelley ^c   Flores, Bianca ^b   Morris, Sarajane ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b People's Community Clinic 2909 N IH 35   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Hispanics; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DIET;

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; COMPLICATION; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

CARBONATED BEVERAGES; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RISK; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877927356     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9641-1     Document Type: Article

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