Quality of life impairment associated with body dissatisfaction in a general population sample of women

Mond, Jonathan; Mitchison, Deborah; Latner, Janet; Hay, Phillipa J; Owen, Cathy; Rodgers, Bryan

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Quality of life impairment associated with body dissatisfaction in a general population sample of women

Date

2013

Authors

Mond, Jonathan

Mitchison, Deborah

Latner, Janet

Hay, Phillipa J

Owen, Cathy

Rodgers, Bryan

Publisher

BioMed Central Ltd.

Abstract

Background: In order to elucidate the individual and community health burden of body dissatisfaction (BD), we examined impairment in quality of life associated with BD in a large, general population sample of women. Methods. Self-report measures of BD, he