The costs of weight control: What do young women pay?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 586-

  Ball, Kylie ^a   Andajani Sutjahjo, Sari ^a   Crawford, David ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONSUMER; DIET THERAPY; EATING HABIT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MONEY; OBESITY; SATISFACTION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; TABLET; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0346147086     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05705.x     Document Type: Letter

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