Comparison of self-perceived weight and desired weight versus actual body mass index among adolescents in Jamaica Article

Barrett, Sheila C, Huffman, Fatma G. (2011). Comparison of self-perceived weight and desired weight versus actual body mass index among adolescents in Jamaica . Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 29(4), 267-276. 10.1590/S1020-49892011000400008

Open Access

cited authors

  • Barrett, Sheila C; Huffman, Fatma G

sustainable development goals

authors

publication date

  • April 1, 2011

published in

keywords

  • ASSOCIATION
  • Adolescent health
  • CHILDREN
  • DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES
  • EMERGING EPIDEMIC
  • INTERNATIONAL SURVEY
  • Jamaica
  • LIFE
  • Life Sciences & Biomedicine
  • OBESITY
  • OVERWEIGHT
  • PERCEPTIONS
  • PREVALENCE
  • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
  • Science & Technology
  • adolescent nutrition
  • body composition
  • body mass index
  • obesity
  • overweight

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 267

end page

  • 276

volume

  • 29

issue

  • 4