A qualitative investigation of obese men's experiences with their weight

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-469

  Lewis, Sophie ^a   Thomas, Samantha L ^a   Hyde, Jim ^b   Castle, David J ^c   Komesaroff, Paul A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Health beliefs; Men's health; Obesity; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053906021     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.35.4.8     Document Type: Article

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