Introduction to the special issue on achieving healthy weight in black American communities

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-4

  Whitt Glover, M C ^a   Kumanyika, S K ^b   Haire Joshu, D ^c  

^a Gramercy Research Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Obesity prevention; Obesity treatment; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; OBESITY; WORKSHOP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908378214     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12210     Document Type: Note

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