The Memphis Girls' health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): An evaluation of the efficacy of a 2-year obesity prevention program in African American girls

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1007-1014

  Klesges, Robert C ^a,b   Obarzanek, Eva ^e   Kumanyika, Shiriki ^f   Murray, David M ^g   Klesges, Lisa M ^c   Relyea, George E ^c   Stockton, Michelle B ^d   Lanctot, Jennifer Q ^b   Beech, Bettina M ^h   McClanahan, Barbara S ^d   Sherrill Mittleman, Deborah ^b   Slawson, Deborah L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d Department of Health and Sport Sciences ^*  (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIET SURVEYS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; TENNESSEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149484005     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.196     Document Type: Article

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