Sex, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and BMI in relation to self-perception of overweight

Obesity Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 345-350

  Paeratakul, Sahasporn ^a   White, Marney A ^a,b   Williamson, Donald A ^a,b   Ryan, Donna H ^a   Bray, George A ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body mass index; Obesity

Indexed keywords

PIERINAE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036582840     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.48     Document Type: Article

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