Women's and men's eating behavior following exposure to ideal-body images and text

Communication Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 507-529

  Harrison, Kristen ^a   Taylor, Laramie D ^b   Marske, Amy Lee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Libertyville High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating; Gender; Ideal body; Media; Muscular; Thin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750429304     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650206293247     Document Type: Review

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