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Women Weigh In: Obese African American and White Women's Perspectives on Physicians' Roles in Weight Management

Monica Chugh, Asia M. Friedman, Lynn P. Clemow and Jeanne M. Ferrante
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2013, 26 (4) 421-428; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.04.120350
Monica Chugh
From the Department of Pediatrics, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (MC); the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (AMF); the Research Division, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (LPC, JMF) and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (JMF) University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ; and the Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY (LPC).
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Asia M. Friedman
From the Department of Pediatrics, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (MC); the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (AMF); the Research Division, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (LPC, JMF) and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (JMF) University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ; and the Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY (LPC).
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Lynn P. Clemow
From the Department of Pediatrics, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (MC); the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (AMF); the Research Division, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (LPC, JMF) and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (JMF) University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ; and the Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY (LPC).
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Jeanne M. Ferrante
From the Department of Pediatrics, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (MC); the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (AMF); the Research Division, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (LPC, JMF) and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (JMF) University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ; and the Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY (LPC).
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    Table 1. Characteristics of Participants*
    CharacteristicsTotal (N = 33)White (n = 18)African American (n = 15)
    Age (years)
        40–501037
        51–601174
        ≥611266
    Weight (pounds)
        200–2491578
        250–2991156
        ≥300743
    Employment
        Employed1156
        Unemployed1073
        Retired/disabled1266
    Marital status
        Married862
        Single945
        Divorced/widowed1266
    Education
        High school or less1064
        College1275
        Postgraduate642
    • ↵* Numbers may not add to total because of missing data.

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Monica Chugh, Asia M. Friedman, Lynn P. Clemow, Jeanne M. Ferrante
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