Does adolescent media use cause obesity and eating disorders

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 431-449

  Jordan, Amy B ^a   Kramer Golinkoff, Emily K ^b   Strasburger, Victor C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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