Weight change during incarceration: Groundwork for a collaborative health intervention

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1567-1576

  Baldwin, Nell ^a   Clarke, Jennifer G ^a,b,c   Roberts, Mary B ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights   (United States)

Author keywords

Incarceration; Jail; Obesity; Obesity prevention; Overweight; Prison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRISONER; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PRISONERS; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012000583     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/HPU.2016.0144     Document Type: Article

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