Beauty and thinness messages in children's media: A content analysis

Eating Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-34

  Herbozo, Sylvia ^a   Tantleff Dunn, Stacey ^b   Gokee Larose, Jessica ^b   Thompson, J Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BOOK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MASS MEDIUM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 1542411435     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260490267742     Document Type: Article

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