Low family support and risk of obesity among black youth: Role of gender and ethnicity

Children

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Assari, Shervin ^a,b   Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Ethnicity; Family support; Gender; Parenting; Social support; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044140924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/children4050036     Document Type: Article

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