The development of ideal body image perceptions in the United States

Nutrition Today

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 98-110

  Martin, Jeanne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 77953497725     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NT.0b013e3181dec6a2     Document Type: Article

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