Obesity and malnutrition among Hispanic children in the United States: Double burden on health inequities;Obesidad y desnutrición en niños hispanos de los Estados Unidos: doble carga en materia de desigualdades de salud

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 235-243

  Iriart, Celia ^a   Boursaw, Blake ^b   Rodrigues, Gabriela P ^a   Handal, Alexis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Health inequalities; Hispanic Americans; Malnutrition; Obesity; United States.

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; GROWTH; MALNUTRITION; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; TRACE ELEMENT; WEIGHT;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893269474     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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