Racial/ethnic differences in body image and eating behaviors

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-151

  Gluck, Marci E ^a   Geliebter, Allan ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Body dissatisfaction; Cross cultural; Eating disorders; Ethnicity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT;

EID: 0036099929     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-0153(01)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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