The "good enough" body size as judged by people of varying age and weight

Obesity Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 309-316

  Rand, Colleen S W ^a,c   Resnick, Jaquelyn Liss ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptable body size; Body size discrepancy; Body size dissatisfaction; Ideal size; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034219020     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2000.37     Document Type: Article

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