Changes in eating attitudes, body esteem and weight control behaviours during adolescence in a South African cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Gitau, Tabither M ^a   Micklesfield, Lisa K ^a   Pettifor, John M ^a   Norris, Shane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLACK PERSON; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE MASS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICAN; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84907942415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109709     Document Type: Article

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