Expanding the Obesity Research Paradigm to Reach African American Communities

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, Melicia C. Whitt-Glover, PhD, Tiffany L. Gary, PhD, T. Elaine Prewitt, DrPH, Angela M. Odoms-Young, PhD, Joanne Banks-Wallace, RN, PhD, Bettina M. Beech, DrPH, MPH, Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD, Njeri Karanja, PhD, Kristie J. Lancaster, PhD, RD, Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-10-01
Series:Preventing Chronic Disease
Subjects:
obesity
African American communities
African American health
obesity and African Americans
Online Access:http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/oct/07_0067.htm

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