Dietary Behaviors and Portion Sizes of Black Women Who Enrolled in SisterTalk and Variation by Demographic Characteristics

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-40

  Gans, Kim M ^a   Risica, Patricia Markham ^a   Kirtania, Usree ^a   Jennings, Alishia ^b   Strolla, Leslie O ^a   Steiner Asiedu, Matilda ^c   Hardy, Norma ^a   Lasater, Thomas M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

African American; black; dietary habits; eating habits; fat; fruit and vegetable; portion size; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOSTON; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY FATS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION; VEGETABLES; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249087043     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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