The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Body Image/Obesity in Minority Populations
4260.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Body Image/Obesity in Minority Populations
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Lucrecia Farfan-Ramirez, MPH
4:30 PMAcculturation, generation status and body image among Mexican American women
Matiana C. Gonzalez Vela, EdD, RD, Nell H. Gottlieb, PhD
4:48 PMAssessment of body image in an obesity prevention program for African American girls
Mira L. Katz, PhD, MPH, Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Margaret E. Bentley, PhD, Kristine Kelsey, PhD, RD, Dianne S. Ward, EdD
5:06 PMDietary habits that may be related to obesity among African American girls and their female caregivers
Mira L. Katz, PhD, MPH, Paula L Griffiths, PhD, Margaret E. Bentley, PhD, Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD
5:24 PMOverweight and obesity in a rural African American population in North Carolina
Aimee James, PhD, MPH, Mira L. Katz, PhD, Marci K. Campbell, PhD, Ping Shen, Marlyn Hudson, MPH
5:42 PMPredictors of BMI in Black women who joined SisterTalk: A cable-TV delivered weight control program
Kim M. Gans, PhD, MPH, Patricia M Risica, DrPH, RD, Thomas M. Lasater, PhD, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
Organized by:Food and Nutrition
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA