The relative contributions of subjective and objective measures of body shape and size to body image and disordered eating in women

Body Image

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-247

  Wilson, Jan M B ^a   Tripp, Dean A ^a   Boland, Fred J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults; Body image; Body mass index (BMI); Disordered eating; Waist to hip ratio (WHR); Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344444882     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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