Concordance between self-reported heights and weights and current and ideal body images in young adult African American men and women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-623

  Gilliard, Theodosha S ^a   Lackland, Daniel T ^b   Mountford, William K ^b   Egan, Brent M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Body image; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; STUDENTS;

EID: 36348965894     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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