Weight-related behaviors among non-overweight adolescents: Results from the Korean national survey from 2005 to 2007

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-219

  Lee, Kayoung ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diet; Misperceptions about being overweight; Non overweight adolescents; Sex; Weight related behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EATING DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; NUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861432504     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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