Body size perception and weight control in youth: 9-year international trends from 24 countries

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 988-994

  Quick, V ^a   Nansel, T R ^a   Liu, D ^a   Lipsky, L M ^a   Due, P ^b   Iannotti, R J ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; body image; development; dieting; overweight; weight perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LOW CALORY DIET; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OVERWEIGHT; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84904051582     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.62     Document Type: Article

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