Weight-Related Teasing in a Racially Diverse Sample of Sixth-Grade Children

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 431-436

  McCormack, Lacey Arneson ^a   Laska, Melissa Nelson ^b   Gray, Clifton ^b   Veblen Mortenson, Sara ^b   Barr Anderson, Daheia ^c   Story, Mary ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PEER GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79951697071     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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