Body size preference and body weight perception among two migrant groups of non-Western origin

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1332-1341

  Nicolaou, Mary ^a,b   Doak, Colleen ^b   Van Dam, Rob ^b,c   Hosper, Karen ^a   Seidell, Jaap ^b   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Migrants; Moroccan; Obesity; Overweight; Turkish; Weight perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (BIRD);

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53749104291     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002966     Document Type: Article

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