Dietary and lifestyle interventions for weight management in adults from minority ethnic/non-White groups: A systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 769-776

  Osei Assibey, G ^a   Kyrou, I ^a   Adi, Y ^b   Kumar, S ^a   Matyka, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lifestyle interventions; Minority ethnic groups; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MINORITY GROUP; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958546055     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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