Weight status and psychosocial factors predict the emergence of dieting in preadolescent girls

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 346-354

  Sinton, Meghan M ^a   Birch, Leann L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dieting; Psychosicial factors; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 28944448040     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20176     Document Type: Article

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