Comparative study on body shape satisfaction and body weight control between Korean and Chinese female high school students

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 334-339

  Ro, Yoona ^a   Hyun, Whajin ^b  

^a Dana Hall School ^*  (United States)

^b Joongbu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body image; China; Female high school students; Korea; Weight control behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866945346     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2012.6.4.334     Document Type: Article

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