A comparison of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among Filipino and American college students

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-138

  Madanat, Hala N ^a,b   Hawks, S R ^b   Novilla, M Lennileth B ^b  

^a UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal eating attitudes; EAT 26; Westernization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33845912406     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327558     Document Type: Article

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