Effect of Western culture on women's attitudes to eating and perceptions of body shape

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-89

  Lake, Amelia J ^a   Staiger, Petra K ^a   Glowinski, Huguette ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body shape perceptions; Culture; Eating attitudes; Ethnic identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EATING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; THINNESS;

EID: 0033970856     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200001)27:1<83::AID-EAT9>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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