Assessment of body image disturbance in obesity

Obesity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 375-377

  Thompson, J Kevin ^a   Tantleff Dunn, Stacey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Body dissatisfaction; Treatment; Weight acceptance; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 0032159448     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00366.x     Document Type: Article

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