Ethnic-immigrant disparities in total and abdominal obesity in the US

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 807-818

  Wen, Ming ^a   Kowaleski Jones, Lori ^a   Fan, Jessie X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Obesity disparity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883671825     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.37.6.10     Document Type: Article

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