Dieting among adolescent females – some emerging trends

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-354

  Mooney, Elaine ^a   Farley, Heather ^b   Strugnell, Chris ^b  

^a St Angela's College   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body image; Dieting; Food choices; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956849983     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2004.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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