Ethnic/racial differences in weight-related concerns and behaviors among adolescent girls and boys: Findings from Project EAT

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 963-974

  Neumark Sztainer, Dianne ^a   Croll, Jillian ^a   Story, Mary ^a   Hannan, Peter J ^a   French, Simone A ^a   Perry, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body image; Dieting; Disordered eating; Eating disorders; Ethnicity; Obesity; Overweight; Race

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BOY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GIRL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036866496     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00486-5     Document Type: Article

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