Body image and obesity: Effects of gender and weight on perceptual measures of body image

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-34

  Leonhard, Margaret L ^a   Barry, Norman J ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031963745     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(97)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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