Dieting behaviors, body shape perceptions, and body satisfaction: Cross-cultural differences in Argentinean and Swedish 13-year-olds

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Holmqvist, Kristina ^a   Lunde, Carolina ^a   Frisén, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

13 year olds; Body satisfaction; Body shape perception; Cross cultural; Dieting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SWEDEN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34249701665     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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