Health Perceptions, Self and Body Image, Physical Activity and Nutrition among Undergraduate Students in Israel

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Korn, Liat ^a   Gonen, Ester ^a,b   Shaked, Yael ^a   Golan, Moria ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY NUTRITION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITION STUDENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENT; POSITIVE BODY IMAGE; POSITIVE HEALTH PERCEPTION; POSITIVE SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84875024810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058543     Document Type: Article

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