The effect of obesity on self-esteem among pre university Iranian students in Kashan city of Iran april 2009

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-54

  Alvani, Seyed Reza ^a   Alvani, Shokoofeh ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body satisfaction; Obesity; Overweight; Self perceived weight status; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053201076     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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