College-age, African-American males' misperceptions about weight status, body size, and shape

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4 SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages

  Gross, Susan M ^a   Scott Johnson, Pamela E ^a   Browne, Dorothy C ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Weight perception; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; THORAX; TRUNK; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 29244477832     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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