Factors related to weight loss behavior in a multiracial/ethnic workforce

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-160

  Zapka, Jane ^a   Lemon, Stephenie C ^b   Estabrook, Barbara ^b   Rosal, Milagros C ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital workforce; Multiethnic employees; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651229401     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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