Black and white women’s weight-related attitudes and parental criticism of their childhood appearance

Women and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 77-92

  Thompson, Sharon H ^a   Sargent, Roger G ^b  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Obesity; Race; Weight concern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033638407     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v30n03_06     Document Type: Article

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