Ethnic differences in risk factors for obesity in New Zealand infants

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 516-522

  Howe, Laura D ^a,b   Ellison Loschmann, Lis ^b   Pearce, Neil ^b,c   Douwes, Jeroen ^b   Jeffreys, Mona ^a   Firestone, Ridvan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL EFFECT; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

NEW ZEALAND;

ADULT; BABY FOOD; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955193533     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204464     Document Type: Article

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