African-Americans lose weight in 12-week, church-based program
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 13:50
in Health & Medicine
Nearly half of overweight and obese African Americans who completed a 12-week, faith-based program lost 5 percent or more of their body weight and most kept it off for at least six months, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 49th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
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