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- Title
Childhood Conditions and Education as Determinants of Adult Height and Obesity Among Greenland Inuit.
- Authors
Bjerregaard, P.
- Abstract
The article presents a study on the relationship among childhood socioeconomic conditions, height, and obesity across non-European population. The study conducted a random sample of adult Greenland Inuit and collected the data from 1999 to 2007 among adult Greenlanders age 18-95 who live in the capital. The results revealed that obesity in particular height is linked with the social condition of parent generation and their childhood.
- Subjects
GREENLAND; OBESITY; STATURE; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; INUIT health; SOCIAL conditions of children; GREENLANDERS
- Publication
American Journal of Human Biology, 2010, Vol 22, Issue 3, p360
- ISSN
1042-0533
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ajhb.20999