Eating disorder attitude and abnormal eating behaviours in a sample of 11-13-year-old school children: The role of pubertal body transformation

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 154-160

  Cotrufo, Paolo ^a   Cella, S ^a   Cremato, F ^a   Labella, A G ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Body transformation; Bulimia; Eating disorder attitude; Eating disorders; Menarche; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHECKLIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENARCHE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING;

EID: 40849096332     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327592     Document Type: Article

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