Body image, body dissatisfaction, and eating attitudes in midlife and elderly women

Eating Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-39

  Lewis, Diane M ^a   Cachelin, Fary M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

EID: 0035704810     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106402601300187713     Document Type: Article

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