Food Serving Size Knowledge in African American Women and the Relationship with Body Mass Index

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-105

  Shah, Meena ^a   Adams Huet, Beverley ^b   Elston, Elizabeth ^a   Hubbard, Stacy ^a   Carson, Kristin ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; body mass index; serving size knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77649234575     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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