Life Satisfaction, Dieting Behavior, and Weight Perceptions among College Students

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-31

  Zullig, Keith J ^a   Pun, Scott M ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Dieting behavior; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548534475     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-007-9027-1     Document Type: Article

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