Problem eating attitudes and behaviors in young children

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-286

  Kelly, Cherene ^a   Ricciardelli, Lina A ^a   Clarke, John D ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boys; ChEAT; Problem eating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DIET, REDUCING; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033001102     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199904)25:3<281::AID-EAT5>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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