Associations between socioeconomic status and obesity in diverse, young adolescents: Variation across race/ethnicity and gender

Health Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Fradkin, Chris ^a   Wallander, Jan L ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^b   Tortolero, Susan ^c   Schuster, Paula CuccaroMark A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Obesity; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925286684     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000099     Document Type: Article

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