Comparative study of attitudes to eating between male and female students in the People's Republic of China

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 111-117

  Makino, M ^a,b,c   Hashizume, M ^b,c   Tsuboi, K ^b,c   Yasushi, M ^d   Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PIONEER CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Victoria ^*

Author keywords

Abnormal eating attitudes; Chinese college students; Eating Attitudes Test 26 (EAT 26); Gender difference; Lifestyles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33845887697     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327555     Document Type: Article

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