Obesity as a perceived social signal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Mankar, Manasee ^a   Joshi, Radhika S ^a   Belsare, Prajakta V ^a   Jog, Maithili M ^a   Watve, Milind G ^a,b  

^a ABASAHEB GARWARE COLLEGE   (India)

^b Anujeeva Biosciences Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY BUILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MORALITY; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 52649109761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003187     Document Type: Article

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