Weight modification efforts reported by black and white preadolescent girls: National heart, lung, and blood institute growth and health study

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-70

  Schreiber, George B ^a   Robins, Morton ^a   Striegel Moore, Ruth ^b   Obarzanek, Eva ^c   Morrison, John A ^d   Wright, David J ^a  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

black; body mass index; gain weight; lose weight; preadolescent girls; white

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); ODDS RATIO; PUBERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029883441     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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