Association between body image disparity and culturally specific factors that affect weight in black and white women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Ard, Jamy D ^a,b   Greene, Lori F ^a   Malpede, Christie Z ^a   Jefferson, Wendy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Body image; Culture; Obesity; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXPECTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS;

EID: 34447500358     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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