Weight status and body image perceptions in adolescents: current perspectives
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Weight status and body image perceptions in adolescents: current perspectives
Adolescence represents a pivotal stage in the development of positive or negative body image. Many influences exist during the teen years including transitions (eg, puberty) that affect one's body shape, weight status, and appearance. Weight status exists along a spectrum between being obese (ie, where one's body weight is in the 95th percentile for age and gender) to being underweight. Salient...
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عنوان ژورنال: Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1179-318X
DOI: 10.2147/ahmt.s68344