Body image dissatisfaction and its determinants among young primary-school adolescents
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TL;DR: A high prevalence of body image dissatisfaction that is correlated with sex and BMI among primary-school students is highlighted.
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About: This article is published in Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences. The article was published on 01 Feb 2018. and is currently open access.
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