Cultural expectations of thinness in women: A partial replication and update of magazine content

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Saraceni, R ^a   Russell Mayhew, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction idealized female images; Body image; Cosmetic surgery; Diet; Exercise; Magazine articles; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; EXERCISE; INFORMATION CENTER; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PUBLICATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADVERTIZING; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 38449106595     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327646     Document Type: Article

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