Dieting practices and body image perception among: Lebanese university students

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Yahia, Najat ^a   El Ghazale, Hiba ^b   Achkar, Alice ^b   Rizk, Sandra ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Body image; Body shape questionnaire; Dieting; Middle east; University students

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; LEBANON; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955669100     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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