Body size satisfaction and physical activity levels among men and women

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1976-1979

  Kruger, Judy ^a   Lee, Chong Do ^b   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^b   MacEra, Caroline A ^c  

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

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48749086241     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.311     Document Type: Article

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