Disordered eating in three communities of China: A comparative study of female high school students in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and rural Hunan

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-327

  Sing, Lee ^a,b,c   Lee, Antoinette M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Disordered eating; Gradient; Modernity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; CHINA; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0342879908     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200004)27:3<317::AID-EAT9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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