Weight-related attitudes and behaviors of women who diet to lose weight: A comparison of black dieters and white dieters

Obesity Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-116

  Striegel Moore, Ruth H ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Obesity; Race; Relapse; Weight control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW CALORY DIET; NEGRO; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0030096729     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1996.tb00522.x     Document Type: Article

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