Racial/ethnic differences in Body Mass Index: The roles of beliefs about thinness and dietary restriction

Body Image

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Vaughan, Christine A ^a   Sacco, William P ^b   Beckstead, Jason W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Dietary restriction; Racial ethnic differences; Thin ideal internalization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROL; COURTSHIP; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; NEGRO; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; COURTSHIP; CULTURE; DIET, REDUCING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; THINNESS;

EID: 47849088467     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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