Psychosocial stress and 13-year BMI change among blacks: The pitt county study

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2106-2109

  Fowler Brown, Angela G ^a   Bennett, Gary G ^b   Goodman, Melody S ^c   Wee, Christina C ^a   Corbie Smith, Giselle M ^d   James, Sherman A ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 70350572955     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.130     Document Type: Article

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