Benefits for Latino, African American, and White children and parents taught together in the same community-based weight management intervention

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-212

  Berry, Diane ^a   Turner, Marcel ^a   Biederman, Donna ^a   Flanagan, Octavia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Children; Latino; Overweight; Parents; White

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PARENT; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; WEIGHT;

EID: 73349113230     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1540-4153.7.4.203     Document Type: Article

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