Perception of self-physique and eating behavior of high school students in Japan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Nishizawa, Yoshiko ^a   Kida, Kazuyuki ^a   Nishizawa, Katsunori ^b   Hashiba, Shizuka ^c   Saito, Kumiko ^a   Mita, Reizo ^d  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aomori Pref Aquacult Res Center   (Japan)

^c Nakazawa Primary School   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desire to be thin; Dieting; EAT 26; Eating behavior; High school students; Self physique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; THINNESS;

EID: 0037397513     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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