Body weight preoccupation in middle-age and ageing women: A general population survey

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-294

  Allaz, Anne Françoise ^a,b   Bernstein, Martine ^a   Rouget, Patrick ^a   Archinard, Marc ^a   Morabia, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Body weight; Diet; Shape concerns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; DATA COLLECTION; DIET, REDUCING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SWITZERLAND; WOMEN;

EID: 0031917247     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199804)23:3<287::AID-EAT6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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