Relationship Between Social Support and Body Mass Index Among Overweight and Obese African American Women in the Rural Deep South, 2011–2013

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Reports results from a study undertaken in rural communities of the Alabama Black Belt and the Mississippi Delta. Examines encouragement and discouragement provided to overweight and obese African American women by family and friends related to healthy eating and exercise.

Erica R. Johnson, Tiffany L. Carson, Olivia Affuso, Claudia M. Hardy, Monica L. Baskin

Preventing Chronic Disease, 11

12/2014

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Black or African American · Delta Region · Obesity and weight control · Social connectedness · The South · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Women · Alabama · Mississippi