Ethnic minorities and weight control research priorities: Where are we now and where do we need to be?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 583-586

  Kumanyika, Shiriki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Clinical trials; Cultural issues; Environmental context; Ethnic groups; Health disparities; Metaanalysis; Obesity prevention; Obesity treatment; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 57049113859     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.09.012     Document Type: Note

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