Concern over weight and dieting in taiwanese adolescents: Correlations of gender, age, weight, and multidimensional characteristics

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-206

  Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,b   Yen, Ju Yu ^a,b,c   Liu, Shu Chun ^a   Huang, Chi Fen ^a   Ko, Chih Hung ^a,b,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dieting; Family; Obesity; Peers; School

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; AGE; ASIAN; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; LOW CALORY DIET; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET, REDUCING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 63149169911     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181999356     Document Type: Article

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