Weight perceptions among overweight and obese women: A US-Mexico binational perspective

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2440-2443

  Guendelman, Sylvia ^a   Ritterman Weintraub, Miranda L ^a   Fernald, Lia C H ^a   Kaufer Horwitz, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RECALL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855217527     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.194     Document Type: Review

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