Getting ready for the marriage market? The association between divorce risks and investments in attractive body mass among married Europeans

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 531-544

  Lundborg, Petter ^a,c   Nystedt, Paul ^a,b   Lindgren, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; WELLBEING; WORK;

ADULT; BEAUTY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIVORCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK; SINGLE PERSON; SPOUSES;

EID: 34249048188     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932006001611     Document Type: Article

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