Risky weight control among university students

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-83

  Tamim, Hala ^a   Tamim, Rana ^b   Almawi, Wassim ^c   Rahi, Amal ^a   Shamseddeen, Wael ^a   Ghazi, Adline ^a   Taha, Asaad ^a   Musharrafieh, Umayya ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Middle eastern population; Risky behavior; University students; Weight control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEBANON; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VOMITING; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 31144457833     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20205     Document Type: Article

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