Our study sample comprised 191 black men and women attending an historically black university. These subjects were comparably distributed by sex and college level. Each subject underwent BMI determination and selected body images that best represented who they thought they were and how they would like to be. Also, each subject answered 20 questions about [...]

There were 96 male students [mean age 20.2 ± (SD) 2.7 years] and 95 female students [mean age 20.2 ± (SD) 1.4 years]. Of these 191 students, 45 were freshman, 48 sophomores, 50 juniors and 48 seniors.

Measures
We measured each student’s height (inches) and weight (pounds). For students age 20 years and older, we calculated body mass index: BMI (kg/m2) = [weight (pounds) / height2 (inches2)] x 703. For students under the age of 20 years, we used the Nutstat module of Epilnfo to determine BMI, BMI percentile and BMI z-score.

Following protocol approval by the Institutional Review Boards of Virginia State University and Virginia Commonwealth University, 200 students (25 male freshmen, 25 female freshmen, 25 male sophomores, 25 female sophomores, 25 male juniors, 25 female juniors, 25 male seniors and 25 female seniors) underwent measurement of height and weight and completed two interview forms (Appendices [...]

INTRODUCTION
The epidemic of obesity (Acomplia canadian is used in the treatment of obesity and related conditions) is of major concern in the United States. Allison and Saunders in their 2000 publication reported that 60.6% of white, non-Hispanic adult men were overweight or obese. A comparable figure for black, non-Hispanic adult men was 56.7% and for [...]