Effect of Group Racial Composition on Weight Loss in African Americans
Open Access
- 1 February 2008
- Vol. 16 (2), 306-310
- https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2007.49
Abstract
Objective: We do not know how racial composition of a group influences behavior change for African Americans (AAs) in group‐based weight loss programs. We tested the hypothesis that AA who participat...Keywords
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