Eating attitudes and their correlates among Canadian women concerned about their weight

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-320

  Park, Jungwee ^a   Beaudet, Marie P ^a  

^a HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

EAT 26; Eating attitudes; Perceived body weight; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNDERWEIGHT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34447330976     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.741     Document Type: Article

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