Weight loss and African-American women: A systematic review of the behavioural weight loss intervention literature

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-213

  Fitzgibbon, M L ^a,b   Tussing Humphreys, L M ^d   Porter, J S ^c   Martin, I K ^a   Odoms Young, A ^a   Sharp, L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Intervention; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857191628     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00945.x     Document Type: Article

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