Measures of Body Size Based on Height, Weight, and Reported Ideal Weight: Conceptual Distinctions and Empirical Demonstrations

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-33

  Nies, Mary A ^a   Cook, Tom H ^a   Hepworth, Joseph T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033087099     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.7.1.21     Document Type: Article

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