Contributions of weight perceptions to weight loss attempts: Differences by body mass index and gender

Body Image

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-96

  Lemon, Stephenie C ^a   Rosal, Milagros C ^a   Zapka, Jane ^b   Borg, Amy ^a   Andersen, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Gender; Perceived weight; Weight loss attempts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 61449153689     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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