Eating Attitudes and Behaviours in South African Adolescents and Young Adults

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 401-417

  le Grange, Daniel ^a   Louw, Johann ^b   Russell, Basil ^b   Nel, Tanya ^b   Silkstone, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

adolescents; eating attitudes; eating behaviours; self esteem; South Africa; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749609298     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461506066984     Document Type: Article

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