Body figure perceptions and eating attitudes among Australian schoolchildren aged 8 to 12 years

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-278

  Rolland, Kim ^a   Farnill, Douglas ^b,c   Griffiths, Rosalyn A ^b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b Dept of Behav Sciences in Medicine ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030940958     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199704)21:3<273::AID-EAT7>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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