Associates of obesity and weight dissatisfaction among Finnish adolescents

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-56

  Mikkilä, Vera ^a,b   Lahti Koski, Marjaana ^a   Pietinen, Pirjo ^a   Virtanen, Suvi M ^a,c   Rimpelä, Matti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body image; Health behaviour; Socio economic factors; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037324603     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002352     Document Type: Article

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