Self-reported weight status and dieting in a cross-sectional sample of young adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 741-747

  Strauss, Richard S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032975236     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.7.741     Document Type: Article

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