Is acculturation related to obesity in Hispanic/Latino adults? Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

Journal of Obesity

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Isasi, Carmen R ^a   Ayala, Guadalupe X ^b   Sotres Alvarez, Daniela ^c   Madanat, Hala ^b   Penedo, Frank ^d   Loria, Catherine M ^e   Elder, John P ^b   Daviglus, Martha L ^f   Barnhart, Janice ^a   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^g   Van Horn, Linda ^d   Schneiderman, Neil ^h  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^h University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL AMERICAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUBAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMINICAN (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC); ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICAN; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERTO RICAN; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT ACCULTURATION SCALE FOR HISPANICS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AMERICAN; URBAN AREA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928494328     PISSN: 20900708     EISSN: 20900716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/186276     Document Type: Article

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