Eating disturbance and body image: A comparison of a community sample of adult Black and White women

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-387

  Wilfley, Denise E ^a,b   Schreiber, George B ^c   Pike, Kathleen M ^d   Striegel Moore, Ruth H ^e   Wright, David J ^c   Rodin, Judith ^f  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THINNESS;

EID: 0029848120     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199612)20:4<377::AID-EAT5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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