Dietary behavior among African Americans: Assessing cultural identity and health consciousness

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 527-532

  Bediako, Shawn M ^a   Kwate, Naa Oyo A ^b   Rucker, Reggie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Livingstone College   (United States)

Author keywords

Africans Americans; Cultural identity; Dietary behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 7444242713     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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