Evaluating the Link Between Neighborhood Environments and Obesity Among African American Women
Effect of Urban Form on Exercise and BMI in Black Women
Effect of Urban Form on Exercise and BMI in Black Women
Sponsor study identifier
Secondary identifiers
observational
23,000
1 country
1
Study Start
June 2006
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
February 2011
Actual (reported)Study Completion
February 2011
Actual (reported)African American women have higher rates of obesity than women of any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. Obesity can have many causes, including genetic and environmental factors. This study will examine how neighborhood environments influence the occurrence of obesity among African American women.
Registry-reported information. Elapsed time and enrollment totals alone do not measure study progress or recruitment pace.
February 2011
Actual (reported)Click on a node to explore related trials.
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June 2006
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
July 25, 2006
Actual (reported)July 26, 2006
Actual (reported)February 2011
Actual (reported)February 2011
Actual (reported)Influence of neighborhood environments on obesity among African American women
Measured through the use of BWHS study data and neighborhood study data
This cohort comprises women from the Black Women's Health Study, a prospective study of African American women, who lived in the Los Angeles, New York, or Chicago metropolitan areas at the time of completion of the 1995, 1997, or 1999 questionnaires.
The Black Women's Health Study cohort comprises 59,000 African American women recruited mainly from subscribers to Essence magazine who returned the baseline 1995 survey.
Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
Patricia F. Coogan, ScD
Boston University
23,000 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
July 25, 2006
First Posted
July 26, 2006
Study Start
June 2006
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Obesity Assessment and Education Through the Internet
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Primary Completion
February 2011
Actual (reported)Study Completion
February 2011
Actual (reported)Last Updated
March 28, 2012
Record last verified: 2012-03
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