Prevalence and associated factors with body image dissatisfaction among adults in southern Brazil: A population-based study

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-431

  Silva, Diego Augusto Santos ^a   Nahas, Markus Vinicius ^a   de Sousa, Thiago Ferreira ^a   Del Duca, Giovâni Firpo ^a   Peres, Karen Glazer ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult; Body image; Body size; Brazil; Cross sectional studies; Health psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052479350     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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