Body weight relationships in early marriage. Weight relevance, weight comparisons, and weight talk

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 729-742

  Bove, Caron F ^a   Sobal, Jeffery ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body weight; Marriage; Obesity; Qualitative; Romantic relationships; Social comparisons; Weight comparisons; Weight talk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053172529     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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