Body image concepts differ by age and sex in an Ojibway-Cree community in Canada

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2990-3000

  Gittelsohn, Joel ^a   Harris, Stewart B ^b   Thorne Lyman, Andrew L ^a   Hanley, Anthony J G ^c   Barnie, Annette ^c   Zinman, Bernard ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

body image; community based study; humans; Native Canadians; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0030456370     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.12.2990     Document Type: Article

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