Does weight status influence perceptions of physical activity barriers among African-American women?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-84

  Genkinger, Jeanine M ^a   Jehn, Megan L ^b   Sapun, Marcella ^c   Mabry, Iris ^d   Young, Deborah Rohm ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Barriers; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744983527     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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