Exploring the Obesity-Related Lifestyle Attitudes and Behaviors of African-American Women and Afro-Caribbean Immigrant Women in Metro Atlanta, Georgia
Background. Obesity has been associated with a number of negative health consequences (e.g., hypertension/heart disease, type-2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, and respiratory illnesses). Despite health communication campaigns to reduce overweight/obesity by encouraging lifestyle changes (e.g., eating hea...
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ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University
2016
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Online Access: | http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/communication_diss/73 http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1075&context=communication_diss |