An ethnic comparison of eating attitudes and associated body image concerns in adolescent South African schoolgirls

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-120

  Caradas, A A ^a   Lambert, E V ^a   Charlton, K E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body image; Body shape concerns; Eating attitudes; Schoolgirls; South African

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EATING DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; THINNESS;

EID: 0035053053     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-277X.2001.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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