Correlates of children's eating attitude test scores among primary school children1

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 463-472

  Shariff, Zalilah Mohd ^a   Yasin, Zaidah Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MALAYSIA; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 19944377524     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.100.2.463-472     Document Type: Article

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