Expanding the Obesity Research Paradigm to Reach African American Communities
Obesity is more prevalent among African Americans and other racial and ethnic minority populations than among whites. The behaviors that determine weight status are embedded in the core social and cultural processes and environments of day-to-day life in these populations. Therefore, identifying eff...
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Main Authors: | Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MPH (Author), Melicia C. Whitt-Glover, PhD (Author), Tiffany L. Gary, PhD (Author), T. Elaine Prewitt, DrPH (Author), Angela M. Odoms-Young, PhD (Author), Joanne Banks-Wallace, RN, PhD (Author), Bettina M. Beech, DrPH, MPH (Author), Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD (Author), Njeri Karanja, PhD (Author), Kristie J. Lancaster, PhD, RD (Author), Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, PhD (Author) |
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2007-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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