Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): New approches to obesity prevention among young African-American girls

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Obarzanek, Eva ^a   Pratt, Charlotte A ^a  

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

Author keywords

African American; Obesity; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037413080     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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