What Do Black South African Adolescent Girls Think About Their Body Size?

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-94

  Puoane, Thandi R ^a   Fourie, Jean M ^b   Tsolekile, Lungiswa ^a   Nel, Johanna H ^c   Temple, Norman J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent; body image; female; obesity; underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84875284660     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2012.758067     Document Type: Article

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