Body mass index, body weight perception and common mental disorders among university employees in Rio de Janeiro;Índice de massa corporal, percepção do peso corporal e transtornos mentais comuns entre funcionários de uma universidade no Rio de Janeiro

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 242-247

  Bento Veggi, Alessandra ^a   Lopes, Claudia S ^a   Faerstein, Eduardo ^a   Sichieri, Rosely ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body image; Body mass index; Mental disorders; Obesity; Questionnaires; Weight perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 11244270448     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462004000400007     Document Type: Article

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