Body composition in early onset eating disorders

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 857-865

  Nicholls, D ^a   Wells, J C ^a   Singhal, A ^a   Stanhope, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anorexia nervosa; Body composition; Children; Eating disorders; Fat free mas; Fat mass; Feeding disorders

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036737758     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601403     Document Type: Article

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