Where is all the pressure coming from? Messages from mothers and teachers about preschool children's appearance, diet and exercise

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-230

  McCabe, Marita P ^a   Ricciardelli, Lina A ^a   Stanford, Jacqueline ^a   Holt, Kate ^a   Keegan, Salley ^b   Miller, Louise ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Peninsula Community Health Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Body images; Body weight; Children; Muscle concerns; Sociocultural pressures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLOTHING; DIET; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEACHER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EATING DISORDERS; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249724363     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.717     Document Type: Article

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