Exploring the perspectives of obese adolescent girls

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1369-1376

  Chung, Richard J ^a   Sherman, Laura ^b   Goodman, Elizabeth ^c   Bickham, David S ^b   Rich, Michael ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents youth; behavior change; body image; health behavior; motivation; obesity overweight; visual methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS / YOUTH; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OBESITY / OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISUAL METHODS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENTS / YOUTH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY IMAGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; OBESITY / OVERWEIGHT; VISUAL METHODS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885125048     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313505777     Document Type: Article

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