Increasing physical activity among African-American women and girls

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 318-324

  Whitt Glover, Melicia C ^a   Brand, Dorine J ^b   Turner, Maren E ^c   Ward, Sheila A ^d   Jackson, Erica M ^e  

^a Gramercy Research Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACCELEROMETRY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DANCING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PEDOMETRY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SODIUM INTAKE; TRAINING; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75549087048     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181c27ade     Document Type: Review

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