TITLE

Body-image attitudes among obese enrollers in a commercial weight-loss program

AUTHOR(S)

Cash, Thomas F.

PUB. DATE

December 1993

SOURCE

Perceptual & Motor Skills;Dec93 Part 2, Vol. 77 Issue 3, p1099

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Compares aspects of enrollers' initial body image with those of age- and weight-matched controls in a commercial weight-loss program in the United States. Enrollers' strong investment in their physical appearance; Health perceptions; Positive evaluation and investment in physical fitness programs of enrollers.

ACCESSION #

9411020161

Tags: BODY image;  OBESITY -- Psychological aspects;  WEIGHT loss -- Psychological aspects

 

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