Mothers' attitudes toward fat, weight, and dieting in themselves and their children

Body Image

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-120

  Jaffe, Karen ^a   Worobey, John ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti fat attitudes; Body weight satisfaction; Mothers; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646708059     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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