Over, under, or about right: Misperceptions of body weight among food stamp participants

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2120-2125

  Ver Ploeg, Michele L ^a   Chang, Hung Hao ^b   Lin, Biing Hwan ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50649088921     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.306     Document Type: Article

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