Relation of self-image to body size and weight loss attempts in black women: The CARDIA study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1062-1068

  Riley, Nikki M ^a   Bild, Diane E ^a   Cooper, Lawton ^a   Schreiner, Pamela ^b   Smith, Delia E ^c   Sorlie, Paul ^a   Thompson, J Kevin ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Body constitution; Body image; Body mass index; Self concept; Weight loss; Weight perception; Women

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032403286     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009583     Document Type: Article

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