Weight expectations, motivations for weight change and perceived factors influencing weight management in young Australian women: a cross-sectional study
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Weight expectations, motivations for weight change and perceived factors influencing weight management in young Australian women: a cross-sectional study.
OBJECTIVE To examine young Australian women's weight expectations, motivations for weight change and perceived factors influencing weight management, and to determine if these factors differ by age, BMI, marital status, education or income. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. An online survey captured respondents' weight, height, ideal weight, main reasons for wanting to change their weight and cha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980015000993