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... > social science subjects > health and social care > health and society > cancer and society > known or suspected carcinogens > obesity > obesity and ethnicity/race > sisters together
... > social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and ethnicity/race > sisters together
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > health and well-being > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and ethnicity/race > sisters together
... > social science subjects > sociology > family studies > motherhood encyc > issues in motherhood > child poverty > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and ethnicity/race > sisters together
... > social science subjects > sociology > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > issues in motherhood > child poverty > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and ethnicity/race > sisters together
... > social science subjects > sociology > social theory > micro-interactionist theory > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > issues in motherhood > child poverty > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and ethnicity/race > sisters together
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > interpersonal relationships > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > issues in motherhood > child poverty > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and ethnicity/race > sisters together
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > school health > special populations and vulnerable youth > child poverty > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and ethnicity/race > sisters together
... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > poverty > child poverty > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and ethnicity/race > sisters together

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sisters together  

Definition

  • Sisters Together is a coalition of community organizations and residents who came together to encourage healthy eating and increased physical ctivity among young African American women (aged 18–35) with the goal of helping them to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. It began as a pilot program of the Weight-Control Information Network (WIN), was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and was one of ten model programs highlighted in the first Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; Sisters Together]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CVF32RXJ-J

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