Development of a Body Figure Scale and Assessment of Overweight in a Multi-Ethnic Pre-Adolescent Population
Overweight and obesity have been increasing dramatically in the United States. Certain ethnic and sociodemographic subsets of the population, including Latino children, tend to suffer proportionally higher rates of overweight. The first body figure scale was published in 1983 by Stunkard, S...
Main Author: | Branstad, Kathryn Elizabeth |
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Other Authors: | Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise |
Format: | Others |
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34027 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07162003-121815/ |
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