Social valorisation of stoutness as a determinant of obesity in the context of nutritional transition in Cameroon: The Bamiléké case

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-32

  Cohen, E ^a,b   Boetsch, G ^a   Palstra, F P ^b   Pasquet, P ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Body image; Body image scales; Cameroon; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAMEROON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALORISATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAMEROON;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CAMEROON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84883810271     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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