Body image differences among Malay, Samoan, and Australian women

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-207

  McDowell, Andrew J ^a   Bond, Malcolm J ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Body mass index; Cross cultural comparison; Diet; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAMOA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; OBESITY; SAMOA;

EID: 33745511394     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: 09647058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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