Extent and determinants of discrepancy between self-evaluations of weight status and clinical standards

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 538-543

  Chang, Virginia W ^a   Christakis, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Eating disorders; Obesity; Overweight; Weight perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035723695     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016008538.x     Document Type: Article

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