Prevalence of Bulimic Behaviours and Eating Attitudes in Schoolgirls from Trinidad and Barbados

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 409-428

  Bhugra, Dinesh ^a   Mastrogianni, Anastasia ^a   Maharajh, Hari ^b   Harvey, Sharon ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

bulimia; Caribbean; dieting behaviours; eating attitudes; fat fear

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; DIET; EATING HABIT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARBADOS; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDENTS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0142060966     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13634615030403005     Document Type: Article

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