Weight control measures among university students in a developing country: A cultural association or a risk behavior

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 391-396

  Tamim, Hala ^a   Dumit, Nuhad ^a   Terro, Abdallah ^a   Al Hourany, Ramzi ^a   Sinno, Dima ^a   Seif, Fadi ^a   Steitieh, Souzan ^a   Musharrafieh, Umayya ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Lebanon; University students; Weight control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEBANON; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 16644379969     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2004.10719383     Document Type: Article

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