Physical Activity and Body Mass Perception

Darrin W. Anderson and Joseph R. Libonati

Clinical Nursing Research, 2012, vol. 21, issue 3, 252-267

Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate ethnic perceptual variations in body mass index (BMI) and accrued physical activity. Women ( n = 204) from the eastern United States were stratified into the following ethnic groups: White women (WW; n = 97), Black women (BW n = 62) and Others (Hispanic and Asian women, n = 45). Participants completed questionnaires and physiologic variables were determined. BW had increased weight, BMI, waist circumference, and body fat percentage vs. WW ( p

Keywords: physical activity; body composition; ethnic; cardiovascular; risk factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773811426928

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