Body morph assessment: Preliminary report on the development of a computerized measure of body image

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-50

  Stewart, Tiffany M ^a   Williamson, Donald A ^a   Smeets, Monique A M ^a   Greenway, Frank L ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Body image assessment; Body size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PORTRAITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035222047     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.6     Document Type: Article

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