"I'm Ready to Eat and Grab Whatever I Can Get": Determinants and Patterns of African American Men's Eating Practices

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-188

  Griffith, Derek M ^a   Wooley, Alana M ^a   Allen, Julie Ober ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; men; men's health; nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84874563769     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839912437789     Document Type: Article

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