Self-perception of weight appropriateness in the United States

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 332-339

  Chang, Virginia W ^a,c,d,e   Christakis, Nicholas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037404702     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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