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Peer reviewedDavidson, Denise; Thill, Azure Dee Welborn; Lash, Denise – Child Study Journal, 2002
This study examined the adult body shape preferences of 6- and 10-year-olds from the United States, Mainland China, and Turkey. Findings indicated that even the youngest children preferred thin, male and female figures and least preferred the very obese figures. Heavier female figures were chosen by Turkish children more than by other children.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Composition, Body Weight, Childhood Attitudes
