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Posted on July 31, 2013

Socioeconomic Status and Body Mass Index

Reanne Frank, Harvard RWJF Health & Society alum, evaluates data from the New Immigrant Survey to understand the role of socioeconomic status in changes to body mass index upon arrival to the US.

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