Long Term Trends and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Prevalence of Obesity

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1150-1160

  Wong, Robert J ^a   Chou, Christina ^a   Ahmed, Aijaz ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral Risk Factor Survey; Body mass index; Diabetes; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CALIFORNIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84912027757     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9870-6     Document Type: Article

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