Body weight dissatisfaction by socioeconomic status among obese, preobese and normal weight women and men: Results of the cross-sectional KORA Augsburg S4 population survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Von Lengerke, Thomas ^a   Mielck, Andreas ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body weight dissatisfaction; Gender; Normal weight; Obesity; Preobesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84860863740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-342     Document Type: Review

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