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Body image and physical activity among Latina and African American women.

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2011

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Scherezade K. Mama, Beth E. Quill, Maria Eugenia Fernández-Esquer, Jacqueline Reese-Smith, Jorge A. Banda, Rebecca E. Lee
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Abstract

Results reveal dichotomous distortion in body images. Women need strategies to perceive normal weight as desirable for health and beauty, leading to increased PA and reducing obesity.