Perceptions of weight and associated factors of adolescents in Jiangsu Province, China

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-305

  Shi, Zumin ^a,b   Lien, Nanna ^b   Kumar, Bernadette Nirmal ^b   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^b  

^a JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; China; Dieting; Food habits; Socio economic status; Weight perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; OBESITY; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ASIAN; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THINNESS;

EID: 34247640674     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007352488     Document Type: Article

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