Healthy eating and exercise: Strategies for weight management in the rural midwest

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-263

  Nothwehr, Faryle ^a   Peterson, N Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Exercise; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE;

EID: 20444494442     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198104272328     Document Type: Article

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