Attitudes of African American advocates toward childhood obesity

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-273

  Johnson Askew, Wendy L ^a   Fisher, Rachel ^a   Henderson, Kathryn ^b   Schwartz, Marlene ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Child advocacy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054860484     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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