Systematic review of behavioural interventions with culturally adapted strategies to improve diet and weight outcomes in African American women

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-92

  Kong, A ^a   Tussing Humphreys, L M ^a   Odoms Young, A M ^a   Stolley, M R ^a   Fitzgibbon, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Culture; Diet; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST CANCER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; LOW CALORY DIET; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CULTURE; DIET, REDUCING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84908362206     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12203     Document Type: Review

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