Weight-teasing among adolescents: Correlations with weight status and disordered eating behaviors

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-131

  Neumark Sztainer, D ^a   Falkner, N ^a   Story, M ^a   Perry, C ^a   Hannan, P J ^a   Mulert, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Binge eating; Dieting; Stigmatization; Teasing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036154156     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801853     Document Type: Article

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