Assessing weight perception accuracy to promote weight loss among U.S. female adolescents: A secondary analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Yost, Jennifer ^a   Krainovich Miller, Barbara ^b   Budin, Wendy ^b,c   Norman, Robert ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77955287225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-465     Document Type: Article

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