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Dietary and Weight-Related Behaviors and Body Mass Index among Hispanic, Hmong, Somali, and White Adolescents
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Vol. 114Issue 3p375–383Published online: January 14, 2014
- Chrisa Arcan
- Nicole Larson
- Kate Bauer
- Jerica Berge
- Mary Story
- Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Cited in Scopus: 46
The population of the United States is becoming increasingly ethnically and racially diverse, much of it due to immigration patterns. However, little is known about dietary intake and weight-related concerns and behaviors of youth from some ethnic-minority groups, especially Hispanic, Hmong, and Somali adolescents.