Body mass, weight control behaviours, weight perception and emotional well being in a multiethnic sample of early adolescents.

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Published in Int J Obes (Lond) on May 23, 2006

Authors

R M Viner1, M M Haines, S J C Taylor, J Head, R Booy, S Stansfeld

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics, Royal Free & University College Medical School, University College London, London, UK. R.viner@ich.ucl.ac.uk

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