Weight status of indigenous youth in Oaxaca, Southern Mexico: Concordance of IOTF and WHO criteria

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 426-434

  Malina, Robert M ^a,b   Pea Reyes, Maria Eugenia ^c   Bali Chávez, Guillermo ^d   Little, Bertis B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^d Comisión Nacional Para El Desarrollo de Los Pueblos Indígenas ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Amerindian; Children; Obesity; Overweight; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; OBESITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA;

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THINNESS;

EID: 84884242633     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2013.791721     Document Type: Article

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