Weight dissatisfaction and weight loss attempts among Canadian adults

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 157, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Green, Kathryn L ^a,g   Cameron, Roy ^b   Polivy, Janet ^c   Cooper, Karen ^d   Liu, Liyan ^a   Leiter, Lawrence ^e   Heatherton, Todd ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Saskatchewan Health   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Dartmouth College   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030871959     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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