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Body Image Partially Mediates the Relationship between Obesity and Psychological Distress | Synapse

January 1, 2002

Body Image Partially Mediates the Relationship between Obesity and Psychological Distress

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Sociodemographic factors that may influence the relationships among weight, body image, and depression/self-esteem are discussed.

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Friedman et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69de9e5a741e97d2d4e93fc8 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2002.5

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