What factors influence the way women perceive and shape their bodies over their reproductive years?

Introduction: As a student nurse keen to promote good public health the concern of a growing obesity epidemic prompted me to explore issue surrounding body size and shape from biomedical and socio-cultural perspectives in women of reproductive age. Methodology: The biomedical perspective is explored...

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Main Author: Alcock, Holly
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23428/