Social and cultural construction of obesity among Pakistani Muslim women in North West England

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1842-1850

  Ludwig, Alison F ^a   Cox, Peter ^a   Ellahi, Basma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Educational models; Obesity; Pakistani

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISLAM; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755149649     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003472     Document Type: Article

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