Influence of race, ethnicity, and culture on childhood obesity: implications for prevention and treatment

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Dec;16(12):2566-77. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.398.

Authors

Sonia Caprio¹, Stephen R Daniels, Adam Drewnowski, Francine R Kaufman, Lawrence A Palinkas, Arlan L Rosenbloom, Jeffrey B Schwimmer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

PMID: 19279654
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.398

No abstract available

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Culture*
Ethnicity*
Humans
Obesity / ethnology*
Obesity / prevention & control
Obesity / therapy
Prevalence
Racial Groups*
United States / epidemiology