Obesity and approaches to weight in an urban African-American community

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 676-686

  Clark, Jeanne M ^a,d   Bone, Lee R ^b   Stallings, Rebecca ^a   Gelber, Allan C ^a   Barker, Anne ^a   Zeger, Scott ^b   Hill, Martha N ^c   Levine, David M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Obesity; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; BLACKS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0035460697     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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