Confronting a rising tide of eating disorders and obesity: Treatment vs. prevention and policy

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 755-765

  Battle, E Katherine ^b   Brownell, Kelly D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BULIMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIET THERAPY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 0009480835     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4603(96)00034-2     Document Type: Article

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