Prevalence of eating disorders in Pakistan: Relationship with depression and body shape

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-138

  Suhail, K ^a   Zaib U Nisa, ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Body image; Depression prevalence; Eating disorders; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SHAPE QUESTIONNAIRE; BULIMIA; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; EATING ATTITUDE TEST; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIA EXPOSURE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAKISTAN; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548048377     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03354439     Document Type: Article

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