Beyond "healthy eating" and "healthy weights": Harassment and the health curriculum in middle schools

Body Image

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-232

  Larkin, June ^a   Rice, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body modification; Curriculum; Girls; Harassment; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344435994     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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