Development and validation of instruments measuring body image and body weight dissatisfaction in South African mothers and their daughters

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 509-519

  Mciza, Zandile ^a,b   Goedecke, Julia H ^a   Steyn, Nelia P ^c   Charlton, Karen ^c   Puoane, Thandi ^d   Meltzer, Shelly ^a   Levitt, Naomi S ^a   Lambert, Estelle V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black women; Body image; Children; Ethnicity; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH AFRICA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 26444443443     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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