Research ArticleOriginal Research
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).
MDAsia 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).
PhDLynn 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).
PhDJeanne 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).
MD, MPH
Article Figures & Data
Tables
Characteristics Total (N = 33) White (n = 18) African American (n = 15) Age (years) 40–50 10 3 7 51–60 11 7 4 ≥61 12 6 6 Weight (pounds) 200–249 15 7 8 250–299 11 5 6 ≥300 7 4 3 Employment Employed 11 5 6 Unemployed 10 7 3 Retired/disabled 12 6 6 Marital status Married 8 6 2 Single 9 4 5 Divorced/widowed 12 6 6 Education High school or less 10 6 4 College 12 7 5 Postgraduate 6 4 2 ↵* Numbers may not add to total because of missing data.
In this issue
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, Jeanne M. Ferrante
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jul 2013, 26 (4) 421-428; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.04.120350
Jump to section
Related Articles
- No related articles found.