Intersecting Social Inequalities and Body Mass Index Trajectories from Adolescence to Early Adulthood

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 56-73

  Hargrove, Taylor W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; intersectionality; life course; population health; race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; SEX FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042481500     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146517746672     Document Type: Article

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