Misperception of weight status in the pacific: preliminary findings in rural and urban 11- to 16-year-olds of New Caledonia

• Hauptverfasser: Stéphane Frayon (Verfasst von), Sophie Cherrier (Verfasst von), Yolande Cavaloc (Verfasst von), Guillaume Wattelez (Verfasst von), Amandine Touitou (Verfasst von), Paul Zongo (Verfasst von), Kalina Yacef (Verfasst von), Corinne Caillaud (Verfasst von), Yannick Lerrant (Verfasst von), Olivier Galy (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Adolescent obesity is prevalent in Pacific region ethnic groups (European, Melanesian and Polynesian) living in both urban and rural areas. Although body perception is an important factor of weight gain or loss, little is known about the body self-perceptions of Pacific region ad...