Body satisfaction and body weight: Gender differences and sociodemographic determinants

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Austin, S Bryn ^a,b   Haines, Jess ^c   Veugelers, Paul J ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; OBESITY; PARENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; DEMOGRAPHY;

BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70350685732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-313     Document Type: Article

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