A Community Intervention on Portion Control Aimed at Weight Loss in Low-Income Mexican American Women

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-64

  Faucher, Mary Ann ^a   Mobley, Julie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

community based participatory research; low income Mexican women; obesity; portion control; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NURSE MIDWIFE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; WEIGHT LOSS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 72249084787     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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