Preference for thinness in Singapore - A newly industrialised society

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 502-507

  Wang, M C ^a   Ho, T F ^b   Anderson, J N ^c   Sabry, Z I ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Chinese; Preference for thinness; Singapore; Westernisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 0033174081     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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