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Beauty Is Skin Deep; The Self-Perception of Adolescents and Young Women in Construction of Body Image within the Ankole Society

Introduction: Adolescents and young women become increasingly aware of their bodies through images presented to them through social structures during their developmental stage. These images may drive them toward unhealthy behaviors including overeating, starving, and skin bleaching. This paper is pa...

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Autores principales: Kaziga, Ruth, Muchunguzi, Charles, Achen, Dorcus, Kools, Susan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360132
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157840