Body Size Perception Among African American Women

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 412-417

  Lynch, Elizabeth B ^a   Kane, John ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African american women; body image; body mass index; overweight; weight perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84924081520     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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