Validity of the Body Mass Index Silhouette Matching Test

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 437-443

  Peterson, Michael ^a   Orsega Smith, Elizabeth ^a   Tholstrup, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Body image; Body Mass index; Perceptions; Silhouette test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT;

EID: 13244271261     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.28.5.6     Document Type: Article

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