Gender differences in body image and health perceptions among graduating seniors from a historically black college

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1608-1619

  Gross, Susan M ^a,b   Gary, Tiffany L ^a,c   Browne, Dorothy C ^a,b   LaVeist, Thomas A ^a,c  

^a Morgan State University ^*

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Obesity; Perceived risk of disease; Self perception of body size; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 28644432202     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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