Social environment factors, diet quality, and body weight in 12-year-old children from four public schools in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 80-87

  Serrano, Mónica ^a   Torres, Roxana ^a   Pérez, Cynthia M ^a   Palacios, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Body weight; Diet quality; Family practices; Social environment factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84901361888     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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