Tolerance of larger body sizes by young adults living in Australia and Hawaii

Eating Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 425-434

  Knight, Tess ^a   Latner, Janet D ^b   Illingworth, Kaye ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PUBLIC OPINION; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957225431     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2010.511932     Document Type: Article

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