The impact of weight, sex, and race/ethnicity on body dissatisfaction among urban children

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-389

  Xanthopoulos, Melissa S ^a   Borradaile, Kelley E ^b   Hayes, Sharon ^b   Sherman, Sandy ^c   Veur, Stephanie Vander ^b   Grundy, Karen M ^d   Nachmani, Joan ^e   Foster, Gary D ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Food Trust   (United States)

^d BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^e School District of Philadelphia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body mass index; Children; Obesity; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHILADELPHIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052493214     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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