A psychological comparison of females with anorexia nervosa and competitive male bodybuilders: Body shape ideals in the extreme

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-46

  Davis, Caroline ^a   Scott Robertson, Lori ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body shape ideals; Competitive male bodybuilders; Females with anorexia nervosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039768675     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-0153(00)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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