Body image and weight control in South Africans 15 years or older: SANHANES-1
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Body image and weight control in South Africans 15 years or older: SANHANES-1
BACKGROUND South African studies have suggested that differences in obesity prevalence between groups may be partly related to differences in body image and body size dissatisfaction. However, there has never been a national study that measured body image and its relationship to weight control in the country. Hence, the main aim of the study was to examine body image in relation to body mass in...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2324-y