The Tripler Army Medical Center's Le3An Program: A six-month retrospective analysis of program effectiveness for African-American and European-American females

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1332-1336

  Simpson, Mark ^a,d   Earles, Jay ^b   Folen, Raymond ^b   Trammel, Rick ^a   James, Larry ^c  

^a ARGOSY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Argosy University   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Obesity; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXERCISE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4844226477     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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