Hispanic children and the obesity epidemic: Exploring the role of abuelas

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 274-279

  Pulgarón, Elizabeth R ^a   Patiño Fernández, Anna Maria ^a   Sanchez, Janine ^a   Carrillo, Adriana ^a   Delamater, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretaking; Children; Grandparents; Hispanic; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84884684990     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034208     Document Type: Article

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