Body change strategies in children: Relationship to age and gender

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-363

  Lawrie, Z ^a   Sullivan, E A ^a   Davies, P S W ^a   Hill, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age groups; Body image; Body size; Children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CULTURE; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUEENSLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 34250818665     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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