Weight Management Strategies Reported by Rural Men and Women in Iowa

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-253

  Nothwehr, Faryle ^a   Snetselaar, Linda ^a   Wu, Haotong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; physical activity; weight management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RURAL HEALTH; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33745160419     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2005.11.039     Document Type: Article

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