Perceived Environmental Church Support Is Associated with Dietary Practices among African-American Adults

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 889-893

  Baruth, Meghan ^a   Wilcox, Sara ^a   Condrasky, Margaret D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PROTESTANTISM; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79956372046     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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