The college health and wellness study: Baseline correlates of overweight among African Americans

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-265

  Gary, Tiffany L ^a,b,d   Gross, Susan M ^c,d   Browne, Dorothy C ^c,d   LaVeist, Thomas A ^b,d  

^a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

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

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Morgan Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Obesity; Overweight; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33746715607     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-005-9026-1     Document Type: Article

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