Framing body size among African American women and girls

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen P Williams ◽  
Sharon B Wyatt ◽  
Karen Winters
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Body Size ◽  
African American Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
Women And Girls

scholarly journals Perception of others’ body size influences weight loss and regain for European American but not African American women.

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula C. Chandler-Laney ◽  
Gary R. Hunter ◽  
Jamy D. Ard ◽  
Jane L. Roy ◽  
David W. Brock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
African American ◽  
Body Size ◽  
African American Women ◽  
European American ◽  
American Women

Perceptions and Beliefs About Body Size, Weight, and Weight Loss Among Obese African American Women: A Qualitative Inquiry

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christie A. Befort ◽  
Janet L. Thomas ◽  
Christine M. Daley ◽  
Paula C. Rhode ◽  
Jasjit S. Ahluwalia
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
African American ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Lifestyle Modification ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
American Women

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore perceptions and beliefs about body size, weight, and weight loss among obese African American women in order to form a design of weight loss intervention with this target population. Six focus groups were conducted at a community health clinic. Participants were predominantly middle-aged with a mean Body Mass Index of 40.3 ± 9.2 kg/m2. Findings suggest that participants (a) believe that people can be attractive and healthy at larger sizes; (b) still feel dissatisfied with their weight and self-conscious about their bodies; (c) emphasize eating behavior as the primary cause for weight gain; (d) view pregnancy, motherhood, and caregiving as major precursors to weight gain; (e) view health as the most important reason to lose weight; (f) have mixed experiences and expectations for social support for weight loss; and (g) prefer treatments that incorporate long-term lifestyle modification rather than fad diets or medication.

Body Size Perceptions and Preferences of Older African-American Women

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Sharpe ◽  
Victoria L. Vaca ◽  
Michelle L. Granner ◽  
Mary L. Greaney ◽  
Roger G. Sargent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Body Size ◽  
African American Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
Older African American Women

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah H. Case
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Female Sexuality ◽  
New South ◽  
American Women ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
White Elite

This chapter provides an overview of two private Georgia schools that sought to prepare young women post-Reconstruction South: Spelman Seminary of Atlanta, educating African American women and girls, and Lucy Cobb Institute, established for young white elite women in Athens. Examining schools for girls run and staffed by women allows us to see how women themselves developed new ideas about women’s responsibilities and duties for their society and their race in the changed circumstances of the New South. It argues that concerns about female sexuality and respectability united the two schools, despite their very different interpretations of what would constitute a desirable New South.

scholarly journals Associations Between Body Size and Serum Estradiol and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin Levels in Premenopausal African American Women

2013 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. E485-E490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raheem J. Paxton ◽  
Denae W. King ◽  
Celia Garcia-Prieto ◽  
Shahnjayla K. Connors ◽  
Mike Hernandez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Body Size ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Sex Hormone ◽  
Sex Hormone Binding Globulin ◽  
Serum Estradiol ◽  
Hormone Binding ◽  
American Women
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