Eating disturbances in white and minority female dieters

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 395-403

  Le Grange, Daniel ^a   Stone, Arthur A ^b   Brownell, Kelly D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dieting; Eating disturbances; Minority women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031754632     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199812)24:4<395::AID-EAT6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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