Correlates of ideal body size among black and white adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-301

  Nollen, Nicole ^a,b   Kaur, Harsohena ^c   Pulvers, Kim ^a,d   Choi, Won ^a   Fitzgibbon, Marian ^e,f,g   Li, Chaoyang ^h   Nazir, Niaman ^a   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^f JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Black and White adolescents; Cultural differences; Ideal body size

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744813261     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-005-9024-3     Document Type: Article

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