Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 32-40 , January 2009

Dietary Behaviors and Portion Sizes of Black Women Who Enrolled in SisterTalk and Variation by Demographic Characteristics

  • Kim M. Gans, PhD, MPH, LDN

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Kim M. Gans Ph.D., MPH, LDN, Brown University Institute for Community Health Promotion, 121 South Main St. 8th floor, Providence, RI 02912; Phone: (401) 863-6564; Fax: (401) 863-6551
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  • Patricia Markham Risica, DrPH, RD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • Usree Kirtania, MS

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • Alishia Jennings, BA

      Affiliations

    • Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • Leslie O. Strolla, MS, CHES

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Ghana, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Legon-Accra, Ghana
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  • Norma Hardy, MEd, CHES

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • Thomas M. Lasater, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

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 The SisterTalk project was funded by the National Cancer Institute, Grant# CA74484.

PII: S1499-4046(08)00704-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.05.013

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 32-40 , January 2009

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