Who wants a slimmer body? the relationship between body weight status, education level and body shape dissatisfaction among young adults in Hong Kong

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cheung, Yee Tak Derek ^a   Lee, Antoinette Marie ^b   Ho, Sai Yin ^b   Li, Edmund Tsze Shing ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^b   Fan, Susan Yun Sun ^c   Yip, Paul Siu Fai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Family Planning Association of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY IMAGE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055024602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-835     Document Type: Article

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