Weight retention predictors for taiwanese women at six-month postpartum

Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-20

  Huang, Tzu Ting ^a   Dai, Fong Tai ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body image; Gestational weight gain; Postpartum weight retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34248526113     PISSN: 16823141     EISSN: 1948965X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JNR.0000387595.94413.90     Document Type: Article

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