Socio-Cultural Issues and Body Image

Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 138-146

  Mavoa, Helen ^a   Kumanyika, Shiriki ^b   Renzaho, Andre ^c  

^a WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culturally tailored programs Girls Health Enrichment Multi site Studies (GEMS); NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; OPIC Pacific Obesity Prevention in Communities; OPIC and weight gain reduction in adolescents; Socio cultural factors underpinning body size preferences; Socio cultural issues and body image

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054842025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318517.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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