A review: Maximising social support - A neglected strategy for improving weight management with African-American women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 212-218

  Wolfe, William A ^a  

^a Belmont Ct Dialysis Warminster Hosp ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Obesity; Social support; Weight management

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; GROUP PROCESS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OBESITY; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 3242787401     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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