Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Effects of weight and shape on attractiveness ratings of female line drawings by restrained and nonrestrained eaters

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-101

  Forestell, Catherine A ^a,b   Humphrey, Tara M ^a   Stewart, Sherry H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractiveness ratings; Female line drawings; Restrained and nonrestrained eaters

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIET RESTRICTION; DRAWING; EATING HABIT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GENDER; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 1842731679     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2004.01.009     Document Type: Article

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