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What women want: understanding obesity and preferences for primary care weight reduction interventions among African-American and Caucasian women
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- National Medical Association, 2006.
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Abstract
- PURPOSE: To explore attitudes and perceptions of obesity, and identify preferences for weight-management interventions by African-American and Caucasian women who were followed in general internal medicine clinics. PROCEDURE: Surveys exploring these issues were mailed to African-American (n=240) and Caucasian (n=240) women with a BMI of > or =30. MAIN FINDINGS: Caucasian women felt past weight-loss efforts were helped by weight-loss programs significantly more than African-American women (P
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........70662cf542fedafcca621e338de0b026