Body weight dissatisfaction and communication with parents among adolescents in 24 countries: International cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Al Sabbah, Haleama ^a,b   Vereecken, Carine A ^a   Elgar, Frank J ^c   Nansel, Tonja ^d   Aasvee, Katrin ^f   Abdeen, Ziad ^b   Ojala, Kristiina ^g   Ahluwalia, Namanjeet ^e   Maes, Lea ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849095800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-52     Document Type: Article

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