Embodied largeness: A significant women's health issue

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 90-97

  Carryer, Jenny ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Feminist research; Nursing practice; Obesity fatness; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW CALORY DIET; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035383518     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2001.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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