Predictors of obesity among Métis children: Socio-economic, behavioural and cultural factors

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Cooke, Martin J ^a   Wilk, Piotr ^b   Paul, Kenneth W ^a   Gonneville, Shelley L H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Healing and Wellness Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Canada; Children; Indigenous population; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884696192     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.104.3765     Document Type: Article

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