Dieting among Thai adolescents: Having friends who diet and pressure to diet

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 114-124

  Page, Randy M ^a   Suwanteerangkul, J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Dieting; Friends; Weight satisfaction; Weight related behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PEER PRESSURE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; EATING DISORDER; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; THAILAND;

EID: 38449106364     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327638     Document Type: Article

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