Associations between weight perceptions, weight control and body fatness in a multiethnic sample of adolescent girls

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-100

  Duncan, J Scott ^a   Duncan, Elizabeth K ^a   Schofield, Grant ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diet; Exercise; Obesity; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LOW CALORY DIET; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79251609365     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000236     Document Type: Article

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