Cultural correlates of eating attitudes: A comparison between native-born and immigrant university students in Israel

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-58

  Greenberg, Liron ^a   Cwikel, Julie ^a   Mirsky, Julia ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural transition; EAT 26 scale; Eating attitudes; Immigration; Russian speaking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING ATTITUDE TEST-26; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; USSR; WEIGHT;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; USSR;

EID: 33845562823     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20313     Document Type: Article

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