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Influences Of Nutritional Food Label Understanding In African-American Women With Obesity, Cynthia Jean Hickman
Influences Of Nutritional Food Label Understanding In African-American Women With Obesity, Cynthia Jean Hickman
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Nutritional food label understanding (NFLU) in African American Women (AAW) is a philosophy that addresses obesity. Public health efforts have implemented nutritional and caloric information to packaged and restaurant foods to improve nutrient and calorie literacy. Research suggest NFLU might have a minimal effect on reducing obesity. However, it is not known how obese AAW born during the baby-boom era (51 to 64 years of age) perceive NFLU in relation to their dietary behaviors. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the lived experience of obese AAW regarding NFLU from a cognitive and behavioral perspective. Twelve, AAW answered …