The impact of body mass index and Western advertising and media on eating style, body image and nutrition transition among Jordanian women

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1039-1046

  Madanat, Hala N ^a,b   Brown, Ralph B ^b   Hawks, Steven R ^b  

^a UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health education; Middle East; Obesity; Westernisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548408310     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007666713     Document Type: Article

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