Constructs of Health and Environment Inform Child Obesity Prevention in American Indian Communities
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The epidemic of obesity in American Indian communities and the need for childhood obesity-prevention programs.
American Indians of all ages and both sexes have a high prevalence of obesity. The high prevalence of diabetes mellitus in American Indians shows the adverse effects that obesity has in these communities. Obesity has become a major health problem in American Indians only in the past 1-2 generations and is believed to be associated with the relative abundance of high-fat foods and the rapid chan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Obesity
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1930-7381
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.71