Stress, Race, and Body Weight

Health Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-135

  Kim, Karen Hye cheon ^a   Bursac, Zoran ^b   DiLillo, Vicki ^c   White, Della Brown ^d   West, Delia Smith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

body weight; health disparities; obesity; race; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58549115735     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012648     Document Type: Article

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