Rural urban differences in body image perception, body mass index and dieting behaviour among Malay Adolescent Malaysian schoolgirls

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-82

  Dev, Roxana Dev Omar ^a   Permal, Vasanthi ^a   Fauzee, Mohd Sofian Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body image; Body mass index; Obesity; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849095365     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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