Seasonality of eating pathology on the eating attitudes test in a nonclinical population

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-340

  Eagles, John M ^a   McLeod, Isabella H ^a   Mercer, Gavin ^b   Watson, Fiona ^c  

^a ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Murray Royal Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Community Drug Problem Service ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EAT scores; Eating behavior; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WEIGHT GAIN; WELLBEING; WINTER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS;

EID: 0034020861     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200004)27:3<335::AID-EAT11>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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