Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1795-1804

  Kumanyika, Shiriki K ^a   Wadden, Thomas A ^a   Shults, Justine ^a   Fassbender, Jennifer E ^a   Brown, Stacey D ^a   Bowman, Marjorie A ^a   Brake, Vivian ^a   West, William ^a   Frazier, Johnetta ^a   Whitt Glover, Melicia C ^a,b   Kallan, Michael J ^a   Desnouee, Emily ^a   Wu, Xiaoying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Gramercy Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COUNSELING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHILADELPHIA; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350508892     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.337     Document Type: Article

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