TY  -  JOUR 
TI  - Young Latino Children Obesity: The Importance of Socioeconomic Status, Home Language, TV watching, and Physical Activity
PB  - Centro de Estudios en Protección Social y Economia de la Salud - PROESA
PY  - 2017
issn 2256-4128
AB  - The incidence of young Latino children obesity is a public health concern. Among 5-year-olds, 16% of
Latinos are obese compared with 10% of whites. Obesity disparities between non-Latino white and
Latino children increase significantly with age. The purpose of this study is to examine the importance
of socioeconomic status (SES), home language, physical activity, and TV watching for explaining
obesity disparities between 5-year-old white and Latino children. Also, the long-lasting influence of
these four variables is studied by analyzing their impact on obesity as children grew to ages 6, 8, and 10.
We used a nationally representative sample drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-
Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) collected in 1998-99.
KW  - Obesidad infantil
KW  - Estatus social
KW  - Actividad física
KW  - Salud - América Latina
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10906/81475
ER  -