Prevalence and perceptions of overweight and obesity in Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal young people in custody

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 266-270

  Haysom, Leigh ^a   Indig, Devon ^d   Moore, Elizabeth ^d   Hardy, Louise L ^b   van den Dolder, Paul A ^c  

^a Justice and Forensic Mental Health Network   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Ambulatory and Primary Health Care   (Australia)

^d Justice Health Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882279590     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10407     Document Type: Article

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