Relations of strength training to body image among a sample of female university students

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 645-648

  Ahmed, Christine ^a   Hilton, Wanda ^b   Pituch, Keenan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body esteem; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0036862834     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2002)016<0645:ROSTTB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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