Body weight perception among Bahraini adolescents

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-376

  Al Sendi, A M ^a   Shetty, P ^b   Musaiger, Abdulrahman O ^c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c Bahrain Center for Studies/Research   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bahrain; Body image; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BAHRAIN; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BAHRAIN; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 3242689943     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2004.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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