Ethnic and gender differences in eating attitudes among black and white college students

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 328-336

  Aruguete, Mara S ^a   DeBord, Kurt A ^b   Yates, Alayne ^c   Edman, Jeanne ^d  

^a Stephens College   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Sacramento County   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating behaviors; Ethnicity; Gender eating attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRIVE; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGRO; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANGER; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DRIVE; EATING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; THINNESS;

EID: 27744593855     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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