Beliefs and motives related to eating and body size: a comparison of high-BMI and normal-weight young adult women from rural and urban areas in Mexico

• Egile Nagusiak: María C. Caamaño (Egilea), Dolores Ronquillo (Egilea), Riko Kimoto (Egilea), Olga P. García (Egilea), Kurt Z. Long (Egilea), Jorge L. Rosado (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Effective treatment and prevention of obesity and its co-morbidities requires the recognition and understanding of cultural and social aspects of eating practices. The objective of the present study was to identify social factors and beliefs that may explain undesirable eating pr...