Establishing the optimal body mass index - body esteem relationship in young adolescents.
Abstract
This study sought to compare the utility of either inverted body mass index or body mass index to optimise the relationship with body esteem in young adolescents Design: The study was cross sectional in design and assessed body esteem and weight status in756 young adolescents (394 boys, 362 girls, mean age +/- S.D. 11.4 +/- 1.6 years).Citation
Establishing the optimal body mass index - body esteem relationship in young adolescents. 2013, 13 (1):662 BMC Public HealthPublisher
BioMed CentralJournal
BMC public healthPubMed ID
23866083Type
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
1471-2458ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/1471-2458-13-662
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