Eating attitudes and the body mass index of Australian schoolchildren aged 8 to 12 years

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-114

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

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031836371     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0968(199806)6:2<107::AID-ERV202>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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