Correlates of body dissatisfaction among Taiwanese adolescents

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-179

  Chen, Li Jung ^a   Fox, Kenneth R ^b   Haase, Anne M ^b   Ku, Po Wen ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Obesity; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TAIWAN; THINNESS;

EID: 77955063292     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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