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- Title
Weight dissatisfaction and weight loss attempts among Canadian adults.
- Authors
Green, Kathryn L.; Cameron, Roy; Polivy, Janet; Cooper, Karen; Liu, Liyan; Leiter, Lawrence; Heatherton, Todd
- Abstract
The article highlights a study regarding the pattern of weight dissatisfaction and weight loss attempts among Canadian adults between 1986 to 1992. Women were more likely than men to wish they weighed less and to be trying to lose weight. The most commonly mentioned reason for trying to lose weight was to improve general health, followed by increasing attractiveness.
- Subjects
CANADA; WEIGHT loss; OLDER people; HEALTH; PERSONAL beauty
- Publication
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 1997, Vol 157, pS17
- Publication type
Article