Risk assessment for eating disorders in a high school: A study based on the Eating Attitudes Test 26;Analisi del rischio per i disturbi del comportamento alimentare in una scuola media superiore: Una ricerca basata sull'Eating Attitudes Test 26

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-90

  Saporetti, G ^a   Sancini, S ^a   Bassoli, L ^a   Castelli, B ^a   Pellai, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Eating Disorders; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET; EATING DISORDER; FAMILY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 2942724105     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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