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Bogin, Barry – Migration World Magazine, 2002
Discusses social, economic, and political conditions that influence the growth and health of children of Guatemalan Maya immigrants to the United States. As of 2000, Maya-American children age 6-12 years were, on average, 11 centimeters taller, and also heavier, than their Guatemalan peers. The heaviness is probably due to sedentary lifestyles.…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Child Development, Child Health, Children
