Attempts to lose weight among overweight and non-overweight adolescents: a cross-national survey

• Main Authors: Tynjälä Jorma (Author), Villberg Jari (Author), Currie Candace (Author), Välimaa Raili (Author), Vereecken Carine (Author), Ojala Kristiina (Author), Kannas Lasse (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Despite the global obesity epidemic, few studies have performed cross-national comparisons of adolescents' attempts to lose weight and weight control practices. This study aims to investigate matters mentioned above by weight st...