Developmental considerations in measuring children's disordered eating attitudes and behaviors

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-235

  Erickson, Sarah J ^a   Gerstle, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Body esteem; Children; Depressive symptoms; Disordered eating; Weight

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33847323587     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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