Measurement characteristics of weight concern and dieting measures in 8-10-year-old African-American girls from GEMS pilot studies

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 50-59

  Sherwood, Nancy E ^a,b   Beech, Bettina M ^c   Klesges, Lisa M ^d   Story, Mary ^a   Killen, Joel ^e   McDonald, Tiffany ^e   Robinson, Thomas N ^e   Pratt, Charlotte ^f   Zhou, Ainong ^g   Cullen, Karen ^h   Baranowski, Janice ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Body image; Dieting; Measurement; Psychosocial factors; Weight concern; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 11144355694     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.12.031     Document Type: Article

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