Relationships between body size satisfaction and weight control practices among US adults

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Millstein, Rachel A ^a   Carlson, Susan A ^a   Fulton, Janet E ^a   Galuska, Deborah A ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Blanck, Heidi M ^a   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW CALORY DIET; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; DATA COLLECTION; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 44349129801     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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