Eating attitudes in a diverse sample of Israeli adolescent females: A comparison study

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-323

  Latzer, Y ^a,b   Tzischinsky, O ^c,d  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d Yezreel Vally College   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; JEW; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 19944395230     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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