Contextual factors and weight change over time: A comparison between U.S. Hispanics and other population sub-groups

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-48

  Ullmann, S Heidi ^a   Goldman, Noreen ^b   Pebley, Anne R ^c  

^a División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe   (Chile)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanics; Neighborhood context; Sex differences; Social environment; United States; Weight

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION GROUPS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878996941     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.024     Document Type: Article

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