Tunisian women's perceptions of desirable body size and chronic disease risk

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-414

  Tlili, Faten ^a   Mahjoub, Abdelwahab ^b   Lefèvre, Pierre ^c   Bellaj, Tarek ^d   Romdhane, Habiba Ben ^a   Eymard Duvernay, Sabrina ^e   Holdsworth, Michelle ^e  

^a Laboratoire D'Epidémiologie et de Prévention des Maladies Cardio Vasculaires   (Tunisia)

^b University of Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Body size perceptions; Obesity; Tunisia; Weight satisfaction

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; HEALTH RISK; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PERIURBAN AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNIS [TUNISIA]; TUNISIA;

EID: 48549105000     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240802003942     Document Type: Article

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