Eating pathology in East African women: The role of media exposure and globalization

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 196-202

  Eddy, Kamryn T ^a   Hennessey, Moira ^a   Thompson Brenner, Heather ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cross cultural; Eating disorders; EDI; Media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PATHOLOGY; SAMPLING; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34247620324     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000243922.49394.7d     Document Type: Article

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