Effect of Parental Migration Background on Childhood Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Body Mass Index

• Main Authors: Mohsen Besharat Pour (Author), Anna Bergström (Author), Matteo Bottai (Author), Inger Kull (Author), Magnus Wickman (Author), Niclas Håkansson (Author), Alicja Wolk (Author), Tahereh Moradi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Poor nutrition, lack of physical activity, and obesity in children have important public health implications but, to date, their effects have not been studied in the growing population of children in Sweden with immigrant parents. Methods. We estimated the association between parental mi...