Weight Satisfaction and Dieting Practices among College Males in Taiwan

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-228

  Wong, Yueching ^a   Chen, Su Lin ^a   Chan, Yin Ching ^b   Wang, Ming Fu ^b   Yamamoto, Shigeru ^c  

^a Department of Nutrition Chungshan Medical and Dental College ^*  (Taiwan)

^b PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characteristics of dieters; Male college students; Weight satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; TAIWAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032974797     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1999.10718855     Document Type: Article

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