Eating and weight control behaviors among middle school girls in relationship to body weight and ethnicity

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 631-633

  Shisslak, Catherine M ^a   Mays, Mary Z ^a   Crago, Marjorie ^a   Jirsak, Jan K ^a   Taitano, Keolani ^a   Cagno, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body weight; Eating disorders; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33646035803     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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