Food-related environmental, behavioral, and personal factors associated with body mass index among urban, low-income African-American, American Indian, and Caucasian women

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Dammann, Kristen Wiig ^a   Smith, Chery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food Choice; Food Insecurity; Low Income Women; Obesity; Prevention Research; Social Cognitive Theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052321293     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.091222-QUAN-397     Document Type: Review

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