Do men hold African-American and Caucasian women to different standards of beauty?

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-333

  Freedman, Rachel E K ^a   Carter, Michele M ^a   Sbrocco, Tracy ^b   Gray, James J ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Caucasians; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEAUTY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; THINNESS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34347233458     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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