Race and the Role of Weight, Weight Change, and Body Dissatisfaction in Eating Disorders

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-25

  Abood, Doris A ^a   Chandler, Steve B ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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