Assessment of the effect of acculturation on dietary and physical activity behaviors of Arab mothers in Lubbock, Texas

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-197

  Tami, Suzan H ^a   Reed, Debra B ^a   Boylan, Mallory ^a   Zvonkovic, Anisa ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Arab; Dietary; Focus group; Mothers; Physical activity; Social cognitive theory

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEGUME; MALE; MALE ARAB AMERICAN ACCULTURATION SCALE; MEAT; MILK; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ARABS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTHERS; TEXAS;

EID: 84862196393     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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