To evaluate the role migration (both international and regional) plays in increasing risk for obesity in a sample of Latino school children in the Bay Area and also among school children in Mexico. This cross-sectional study also evaluates food intake through the use of food frequency questionnaires and the role of physical activity and tv viewing on risk for pediatric obesity.
Principal Investigator: Janet Wojcicki
Collaborators: Melvin B. Heyman, Norah Schwartz (COLEF, Tijuana), Arturo Jimenez-Cruz (UABC - Tijuana), Montserrat Bacardi-Gascon (UABC-Tijuana).
Funding: UC MEXUS