Accumulation of childhood poverty on young adult overweight or obese status: Race/ethnicity and gender disparities

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 478-484

  Hernandez, Daphne C ^a   Pressler, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; OBESITY; POVERTY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899473251     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203062     Document Type: Article

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