Gender differences in disordered eating and weight dissatisfaction in Swiss adults: Which factors matter?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Forrester Knauss, Christine ^a,b   Zemp Stutz, Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84866523930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-809     Document Type: Article

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