Degree of agreement between weight perception and body mass index of Japanese workers: My health up study

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 376-381

  Inoue, Mariko ^a   Toyokawa, Satoshi ^a   Miyoshi, Yuji ^b   Miyano, Yukie ^b   Suzuki, Toshiko ^b   Suyama, Yasuo ^c   Inoue, Kazuo ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MEIJI YASUDA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY   (Japan)

^c PHYSICAL FITNESS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Weight perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 37549067734     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.49.376     Document Type: Article

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