Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 353-354 , April 2001

Ethnic differences in body-size preferences: Myth or reality?

  • Fary M Cachelin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • California State University Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Fary Cachelin, PhD, Department of Psychology, California State University at Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032-8227, USA.

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Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 353-354 , April 2001

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