Gender differences in determinants of weight-control behaviours among adolescents in Beirut

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-81

  Kanaan, Mona N ^a   Afifi, Rema A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Multinomial logistic regression; Weight gain; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149130626     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000900500X     Document Type: Article

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