Weight-loss practices, nutrition beliefs, and weight-loss program preferences of urban American Indian women

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 442-446

  Sherwood, Nancy E ^a   Harnack, Lisa ^a   Story, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CONTROL; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0034166973     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(00)00136-X     Document Type: Article

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