Weight and weddings: Women's weight ideals and weight management behaviors for their wedding day

Appetite

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 550-554

  Neighbors, Lori A ^a   Sobal, Jeffery ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brideorexia; Brides; Dieting; Wedding anorexia; Weddings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRIDEOREXIA; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 39749132436     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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