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Maurício Almeida1,2, Cleonaldo Gonçalves Santos1, Mauro Lúcio de Oliveira Júnior1

  • 1Núcleo Interprofissional de Estudos e Pesquisas em Imagem Corporal e Transtornos Alimentares, Body Image and Eating Disorders Research Group, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

The International Journal of Eating Disorders
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Keywords:
body appreciationbody‐ideal internalizationdissonance‐baseddrive for muscularityfeeding and eating disordersinterventionmenmuscle dysmorphiapreventionsexual and gender minorities

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