The inter-generational transmission of eating disorders

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 238-254

  Whitehouse, Patricia J ^a   Harris, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Eating difficulties; Eating disorders; Eating problems; Food fussiness; Food refusal; Intergenerational eating problems; Parenting style

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032419231     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0968(199812)6:4<238::AID-ERV208>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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