Role of media and peers on body change strategies among adult men: Is body size important?

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 438-446

  McCabe, Marita P ^a   McGreevy, Shauna J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

body image; body weight; media; men; peers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SATISFACTION SCALE; BODY SIZE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FIVE POINT LIKERT SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; MEDIA; MEN; PEERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; EUROPE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PEER GROUP; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052299216     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1063     Document Type: Article

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