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Hair As a Barrier to Physical Activity among African American Women: A Qualitative Exploration

BackgroundAfrican American (AA) women face unique sociocultural barriers to physical activity (PA) engagement. Such barriers may contribute to their low PA levels and high cardiometabolic disease burden. One particular barrier reported among AA women in recent research is that being physically activ...

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Main Authors:	Rodney P. Joseph (Author), Kathryn Coe (Author), Barbara E. Ainsworth (Author), Steven P. Hooker (Author), LaTanya Mathis (Author), Colleen Keller (Author)
Format:	Book
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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