Measured body mass index, body weight perception, dissatisfaction and control practices in urban, low-income African American adolescents

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wang, Youfa ^a   Liang, Huifang ^b   Chen, Xiaoli ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION VIEWING; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 68149097036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-183     Document Type: Article

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