Body size perceptions among Pakistani women in Norway participating in a controlled trial to prevent deterioration of glucose tolerance

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-251

  Hussain, Aysha ^a   Bjrge, Benedikte ^a   Hjellset, Victoria T ^a   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^a   Wandel, Margareta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMI; Body size perceptions; Norway; Pakistani women

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ACQUISITION; DIABETES; DIET; GLUCOSE; HEIGHT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOLERANCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORWAY; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; OVERWEIGHT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OVERWEIGHT; PAKISTAN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NORWAY;

EID: 77951208982     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557851003668148     Document Type: Article

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