Relationship between body image and percent body fat among British school children

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 197-203

  Duncan, Michael J ^a   Woodfield, Lorayne A ^b   O'Neill, Stephen J ^b   Al Nakeeb, Yahya ^b  

^a NEWMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036480918     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.94.1.197     Document Type: Article

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