Women's body satisfaction at midlife and lifetime body size: A prospective study

Health Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 370-377

  McLaren, Lindsay ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^b   Kuh, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body mass index; Middle aged women; Prospective cohort; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0042125116     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.22.4.370     Document Type: Article

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