A pilot study on body image, attractiveness and body size in Gambians living in an urban community

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-109

  Siervo, M ^a,d   Grey, P ^b   Nyan, O A ^c   Prentice, A M ^d,e  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA   (Gambia)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Africans; Attractiveness; Body image; Ethnicity; Westernisation process

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; AGE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESTHETICS; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745789901     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327758     Document Type: Article

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