Body image preference among Nigerians with type 2 diabetes

Practical Diabetes International

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 228-231

  Okoro, Emmanuel O ^a   Oyejola, Benjamin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Body image; Hypertension; Nigeria; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 54849426232     PISSN: 13578170     EISSN: 1528252X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1259     Document Type: Article

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