Prevalence of body dissatisfaction among United States adults: Review and recommendations for future research

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 357-365

  Fiske, Lauren ^a   Fallon, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Blissmer, Bryan ^a   Redding, Colleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Prevalence; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY AREAS SATISFACTION SCALE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIDIMENSIONAL BODY SELF RELATIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS; BODY DISSATISFACTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH; SAMPLE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901365172     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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