Body image perceptions among Chinese children and adolescents

Body Image

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-103

  Li, Yanping ^a   Hu, Xiaoqi ^a   Ma, Wenjun ^a   Wu, Jin ^a   Ma, Guansheng ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Chinese children and adolescents; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344401526     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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