Disordered eating in Japanese and Chinese female runners, rhythmic gymnasts and gymnasts

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 486-491

  Okano, G ^a   Holmes, R A ^a   Mu, Z ^a   Yang, P ^a   Lin, Z ^b   Nakai, Y ^c  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Sports   (China)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disordered eating (DE); EAT 26; Japanese and Chinese female athletes; Menstrual irregularity

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT;

AMENORRHEA; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING;

EID: 23644448218     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-821058     Document Type: Article

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