Associations of overweight and of weight dissatisfaction among Palestinian adolescents: Findings from the national study of Palestinian schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2004)

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-49

  Al Sabbah, H ^a,b   Vereecken, C ^a   Abdeen, Ziad ^b   Coats, E ^c   Maes, L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health complaints; Overweight; Palestinian; Risk behaviours; Weight dissatisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PALESTINE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT DISSATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ARABS; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; TELEVISION;

EID: 58549088531     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2008.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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