Why do normal weight young women look for diet-therapy? Findings from a pilot study in a clinical and non-clinical population

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Boschi, Velia ^a,b   Bellini, O ^b   Matrone, G ^a   Ricciardi Lo Schiavo, F ^a   Siervo, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dieting; Eating disorders inventory; Normal weight; Students; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; BODY SIZE; BULIMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; LOW CALORY DIET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BULIMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34447117518     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327588     Document Type: Article

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