Dissatisfaction with body image and weight in young adult college students;Insatisfação com a forma e o peso corporal em adultos Jovens Universitários

Arquivos de Medicina

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 14-18

  Moreira, Pedro ^a   Sampaio, Daniel ^b   Vaz de Almeida, Maria Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; College students; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PLANNING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0042928460     PISSN: 08713413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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