Psychological effects of weight retained after pregnancy

Women and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-98

  Jenkin, Wendy ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; WEIGHT GAIN; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030770147     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v25n01_06     Document Type: Article

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