Socioeconomic status and weight control practices among 20- to 45-year- old women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1005-1010

  Jeffery, Robert W ^a   French, Simone A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030013154     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.7.1005     Document Type: Article

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