The role of cultural values and religion on views of body size and eating practices among adolescents from Fiji, Tonga, and Australia

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 383-394

  McCabe, Marita P ^a   Waqa, Gade ^b   Dev, Anjileena ^b   Cama, Tilema ^c   Swinburn, Boyd A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FIJI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Fiji)

^c Fiji School of Medicine   (Tonga)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; TONGA; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TONGA;

EID: 84875003140     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8287.2012.02090.x     Document Type: Article

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