Body weight dissatisfaction among Israeli Jewish and Arab women with normal or overweight-obese body mass index, Israeli INHIS-1, 2003-2004

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Niskar, Amanda ^a,b   Baron Epel, Orna ^c   Garty Sandalon, Noga ^d   Keinan Boker, Lital ^c,d  

^a HHS Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d Israeli Center for Diseases Control   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; JEW; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449106085     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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