Maintenance of traditional cultural orientation is associated with lower rates of obesity and sedentary behaviours among African migrant children to Australia

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  International Journal of Obesity

• Publication date

  2008-04-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1038/ijo.2008.2PMID 18253161
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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