SisterTalk: Final results of a culturally tailored cable television delivered weight control program for Black women

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Risica, Patricia M ^a   Gans, Kim M ^a   Kumanyika, Shiriki ^b   Kirtania, Usree ^a   Lasater, Thomas M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black; Cable TV; Intervention; Obesity; Overweight; Randomized controlled trial; Weight control; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TELEVISION; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890971068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-141     Document Type: Article

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